Dear SFL Alumni,

I would like to formally invite you to the 2015 International Students For LibertyConference, the world’s largest gathering pro-liberty students and alumni. Part lecture hall, networking session, debate forum, and pep rally for liberty, the ISFLC is the can’t miss event of the year. And now SFL’s alumni association Alumni For Liberty will be offering more than ever.

Alumni For Liberty’s mission is to both raise support for the student movement for liberty and provide support and services to our alumni members. Services such as career counseling and networking with your fellow alumni. With hundreds of SFL leaders graduating each year we are rapidly approaching a future were AFLers will occupy important positions out there in the “real world”, and it is critical that we stay connected and united in our goal of creating a free society.

Our annual homecoming at the International Students For Liberty Conference is a great opportunity to do just that. All AFL members get free registration at the ISFLC, so sign up for AFL now to take advantage of this opportunity.

AFL will be hosting a series of events targeted at graduating seniors and recent alumni to connect our community and support their transition from student activists to lifelong advocates of liberty.

AFL Breakout Sessions @ ISFLC

• Careers Panel  – College graduates face a myriad of possible career paths. Come learn from leaders in the business, policy, academic, non-profit and media communities who will discuss many of the options available and how recent grads can take the first steps down the road of building your career. Moderated by Tax Foundation Vice President Joseph Henchman.
• Job Hunting 101 – Your first job hunt can be an overwhelming experience. This session focuses on practical advice on preparing, searching, applying for and landing your next job including tips on resumes, cover letters, interviews and general do’s and don’ts of the job hunt. Moderated by SFL VP Clark Ruper
• Communication Workshop – The notion “if I build it they will come” has always been wrong. No matter what you are selling you have to find and relate to your intended audience. Learn how to sell your ideas, your product, and most importantly yourself. Featuring Massachusetts Republican Party Deputy Field Director Nathan Fatal and Show-Me Cannabis Executive Director John Payne.
• Navigating Academia – Many young libertarians dream of becoming a famous academic or inspiring professor. This is a noble goal but the path from undergrad through graduate school is a long and winding road. Presented by GMU PhD Fellow Liya Palagashvilli.
• Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur – Entrepreneurship is the engine that drives the economy and social change. By definition there is no path to follow, you have to make your own. Presented by Praxis CEO Isaac Morehouse.

This of course will all be taking place alongside the ISFLC’s world-class lineup of speakers from around the liberty movement and the world.

We will also be hosting our Annual AFL Homecoming Social on Saturday night with free drinks for AFL members.

As mentioned all current AFL members receive free registration to the International Conference. If you are a current member, awesome, register for the ISFLC now here.

If you are not in AFL yet now is the time. Sign up for as little as $10 a month to support the student movement for liberty and take advantage of the free ISFLC registration and other benefits.

I am looking forward to seeing you there. If you have any questions regarding the ISFLC or Alumni For Liberty in general, just drop me a line.

Sincerely & For Liberty,

Clark Ruper

Vice President & Director of Alumni Relations

One of our speakers for the upcoming 2015 ISFLC February 13th-15th  will be Grover Norquist! 

Grover Norquist is the president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels and supports tax reform that moves towards taxing consumed income one time at one rate.  ATR organizes the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which asks all candidates for federal and state office to commit themselves in writing to the American people to oppose all tax increases. In the 113th Congress, 219 House members and 41 Senators have taken the pledge. On the state level, 14 governors and 1,035 state legislators have taken the pledge. Norquist chairs the Washington, DC – based “Wednesday Meeting,” a weekly gathering of more than 150 elected officials, political activists, and movement leaders. The meeting started in 1993 and takes place in ATR’s conference room. There are now 60 similar “center-right” meetings in 48 states. He is the author of Rock the House, Taxes: The Economic & Philosophical Necessity of Real Reform, Leave Us Alone: Getting the Governments Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives, and Debacle: Obama’s War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future.

Check out the links below to learn more about Norquist’s work:

Articles:

• My first Burning Man: confessions of a conservative from Washington 
• Congress Can Stop Federal Medical Marijuana Raids 

Interviews & Videos:

• 60 Minutes Profile of ATR President Grover Norquist
• Grover Norquist on Fiscal Cliff, Tax Pledges, & Being the GOP’s “Rasputin”
• Budget Hawks or Military Hawks?
• Interview with Grover Norquist on Immigration Reform
• Ann Coulter Mexican ‘Servant Class’ Comments, Argument with Grover Norquist 

Learn more about Grover Norquist here and be sure to register for the 2015 ISFLC!

One of our speakers for the upcoming 2015 International Students For Liberty Conference on February 13th-15th will be Cato Vice President David Boaz!

David Boaz is the executive vice president of the Cato Institute and has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a provocative commentator and a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of government, and the rise of libertarianism. Boaz is the former editor of New Guard magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato in 1981. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, described by the Los Angeles Times as “a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas,” the editor of The Libertarian Reader, and coeditor of the Cato Handbook For Policymakers. His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, and Slate. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows, and has appeared on ABC’s Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, CNN’s Crossfire, NPR’s Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered, John McLaughlin’s One on One, Fox News Channel, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other media. His latest book is The Politics of Freedom.

Check out the links below to learn more about Boaz’s  work:

Commentaries:

• In Big Government, Breaking Up Is Always Hard to Do

Speeches:

• The Separation of Art and State

Studies:

• The Libertarian Vote in the Age of Obama
• What Would a School Voucher Buy? The Real Cost of Private Schools 

Interviews, Lectures & Videos:

• A Conversation with Cato’s David Boaz at Freedom Fest 2012 
• David Boaz discusses the Cato Institute’s Mission Statement  
• Exploring Liberty: An Introduction to Libertarian Thought (David Boaz) 
• David Boaz on Social Conservatives
• David Boaz: The Public School Monopoly 
• David Boaz discusses the phrase “The War on…” on FBN’s The Independents 

To learn more about David Boaz, click here! Don’t forget to register for ISFLC!

One of our speakers for the upcoming 2015 ISFLC on February 13th-15th will be Rob Kampia!

Rob Kampia co-founded the Marijuana Policy Project in 1995 and has served as its executive director ever since. Rob is the architect of most of the state-level marijuana laws that have been enacted in the United States since 2000: Most importantly, MPP legalized marijuana in Colorado in 2012. As a result, Colorado has the best marijuana law in the world. MPP decriminalized marijuana possession via a ballot initiative in Massachusetts in 2008. Since then, MPP passed similar laws through the Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maryland legislatures. MPP was also instrumental or entirely responsible for legalizing medical marijuana in Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia between 2000 and 2014. Rob has provided fiery testimony before Congress twice, as well as testifying before nine state legislatures. Rob has been quoted in almost every newspaper in the United States and regularly debates prohibitionist opponents on national television, including on CNN, the Fox News Channel, the Fox Business Network, CNBC, and MSNBC.

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