Freedom Day
Strike Team

Looking for another way to spread the message of liberty on your campus this spring? Want to take part in a national conversation on the importance of free expression? On Thursday, April 13th you’re invited to take part in Freedom Day — a day-long pro-freedom bash organized by the Philadelphia-based National Constitution Center.

Even better, SFL is offering $250 activism grants to help cover the costs of hosting an event on Freedom Day.

Freedom Day encourages people of all ages to explore how Americans’ freedoms of speech and expression are exercised, threatened, and protected. Students For Liberty is excited to be a collaborating partner on this exciting project!

While SFL is now a global organization, it’s no accident we got our start in the United States with its history of libertarian political philosophy and the oldest written Constitution still in use today. It is that document (and the protections for individual liberties outlined therein) that Freedom Day celebrates. Want some ideas on what activism events you can host?

Activism Ideas

• Freedom Jenga- Society is built on a variety of rights, many of which overlap. Society, in that sense, is a lot like a game of jenga. That is why SFL is pleased to offer the opportunity for students to host Freedom Jenga on their campuses. How does it work? Its pretty simple! All you need are six 2×4’s and some sandpaper and the use of table saw or hand saw. Cut and sand the wood and write various rights on them with a sharpie. For example, privacy rights, the right to bear arms, freedom of the press etc. Set your giant jenga up on a flat surface on campus and allow for your fellow students to remove pieces. As more and more rights are removed from Freedom Jenga, the more likely the game (society), will collapse. When someone pulls out a specific right, that gives you the opportunity to discuss that right and why it is important to protect and defend. The wood will cost less than $40 and sandpaper less than $20. Here are more detailed instructions that outline how to actually build the giant jenga game.

• Host a discussion/debate– Use resources from the Constitution Center to host a discussion/debate based on the framework provided by the Constitution Center

• Go To Jail Carding — hand out “go to jail cards” to those who engage in activities that are illegal in other countries

• Clashing Freedoms — hold a discussion about how to deal with clashing freedoms

• An Anti-Freedom Day –– require club members to dress or act according to some specific regiment. ​Nothing makes us more aware of our freedoms than when we lose them. Or have a table with staff all dressed the same — and encourage people to support equality rather than freedom.

• Endangered Freedom Contest — ​Create a​n​ ICU Hospital Center or a Cemetery depicting the most endangered freedoms​ or lost freedoms, this could be an activity/contest just with your staff or to engage your donors

Apply now for a $250 activism grant from SFL!