The following is a story from SFL’s Quarterly Report.
Estudantes Pela Liberdade (EPL) has become one of the strongest shining beacons of hope: EPL is the leading force in a youth movement that wants to unchain itself from decades of cronyism and statism in Brazil. Hundreds of EPL leaders run protests, events, and marches with tens of thousands of activists demanding deregulation and liberty. The 2015 National Conference of Estudantes Pela Liberdade drew more than 600 attendees and served as a great occasion for some SFL supporters from the United States and Europe to get a first-hand look at the libertarian student revolution going on in Brazil.
The participants in this four-day trip had the chance to meet leading students, journalists, politicians, and intellectuals of the Brazilian liberty movement. They also had the opportunity to tour Sao Paulo, attend the conference, and experience Brazilian hospitality. EPL’s volunteers and staffers made sure that SFL’s supporters received a very warm welcome, got a crash course in Brazilian politics, and had a great long weekend in the Southern Hemisphere. SFL’s work in Brazil shows how successful our strategy of social change can become, as EPL has already incubated leading journalists, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics, and civil society leaders. Even though Brazil is suffering economically at the moment, the current generation of SFL leaders has great momentum behind their movement for change.
The supporters’ trip was a full success, and we are already planning the next one! Join us at the European Students For Liberty Conference 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic, from March 11-13:
