Philadelphia Forum for Freedom Conference a Success!

On Saturday, April 5, the first annual Philadelphia Forum for Freedom Conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania. Everyone in attendance agreed it was a tremendous success. Eighteen students from the University of Pennsylvania Libertarian Association, the Drexel Student Liberty Front and the Temple Libertarians were in attendance. Participants talked about effective means of changing society to become freer and best practices for student organizations.

The final action of the conference, though, was the signing of the Constitution of the Philadelphia Forum for Freedom. While intense discussion and debate was held regarding the finer points of the mission statement and veto power of member organizations, all participants signed the Constitution, establishing the Philadelphia Forum for Freedom. The organization will be primarily run by an executive board that is composed of one representative from each member student organization. Three executive board members will be recognized as the President, Vice President of Outreach and Vice President of Logistics and Finance (this will currently be every executive board member since there are three organizations in the PFF, but this will change as more organizations are added). The PFF's activities will include an annual conference, a leadership retreat for all executive board members of the individual student groups, and providing outreach to new schools to help start student organizations dedicated to freedom.

Thank you to everyone who participated for making it a truly amazing conference!

If you would like to learn more about the Philadelphia Forum for Freedom or get involved, please email me at amccobin@sas.upenn.edu.