Charter Teams February Update

Charter Teams March 2017 Update

As we approach the end of the 2016-2017 academic year, Charter Teams members have been busy working to further solidify SFL’s presence.  Outreach efforts also continue in Southeast Asia, where we hope Taiwan and Japan will soon join the SFL network.

In Malaysia, SFL leaders hosted their biggest event this year (and likely ever!) when they hosted Syed Saddiq.  Saddiq has become a very controversial speaker in Malaysia and has been banned from speaking at several universities after speaking out against the Malaysian Prime Minister.  His actions have triggered #SaveMalaysia movement where the youth is increasingly concerned about free speech issues, as evidenced by the large crowd that Saddiq drew for his speech on the Role of Youth in Times of Political Crisis.

In neighboring Indonesia, SFLers hosted a seminar from March 4 to March 6 titled “Workshop on Freedom and Social Policy.”  They co-hosted the event with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the Youth Freedom Network, and suarakebebasan.org.  The seminar was a huge success with around twenty-five students from across Indonesia attending, listening to speakers, and participating in networking sessions among other activities.

Meanwhile, SFL-Korea has been busy translating materials and producing academic resources.  SFL-Korea has translated many materials included SFL’s Liberty 101 pamphlet, Learn Liberty videos, and they’re hoping to translate the entire Liberty 101 course into Korean very soon.  In addition to creating these resources, Korean SFLers have been busy distributing and promoting their resources to grow the liberty movement in Korea.