Anna Tymoshenko, CEO of the NGO ‘Ukrainian Students for Freedom’, met with a member of the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann during her working visit to Germany. On March 29, Anna visited the Bundestag — German parliament, an essential constitutional and legislative …

‘Ukrainian Renaissance’: how was the event? On July 22-23, 2023, together with other public organizations and initiatives, we held the international conference ‘Ukrainian Renaissance’ in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. What is the role of youth in bringing Ukraine closer to victory and …

Become a participant of Ukrainian Renaissance — the two-day international conference about rebuilding Ukraine and the role of youth in approaching it! Our main goal is to find a path that Ukraine can take after the war and show it …

Linda Whetstone Program for Advancing Freedoms

Linda Whetstone Program for Advancing Freedoms is a free three-stage training program for Belarusian youth with an active social position who want to develop their leadership qualities and improve their knowledge in economics, political science, history and other areas and learn …

The Leadership Program

On August 20-24, on the shores of the Kyiv Sea, we held the V Jubilee Leadership Program, which became the largest event in the history of USF. For four years we have been organizing cross-regional congresses of participants. For the …

This program is established for Belarusians with an active public position, who want to develop their leadership skills and enhance their knowledge of economics, political science, history, and other fields as well as learn more about civil activism in different …

You can think of negative liberty as being about the absence of external limits, and positive liberty as the absence of internal limits. Asignificant amount of debate between libertarian and non‐​libertarian political thinkers has to do with the distinction between …

“Taxation is theft” is a popular slogan among libertarians. It captures the sentiment that we should hold the state to the same moral standards as non‐​state actors. Imagine that I have founded a charity organization that helps the poor. 1 …

Those of us who favor individual freedom with personal responsibility have been unable to agree upon a generally acceptable name for ourselves and our philosophy of liberty. This would be relatively unimportant except for the fact that the opposition will …

On August 13-16, we gathered the most active students of the Southern region at the training camp near Vinnytsia. For 4 days, our participants listened to interesting lectures, exchanged knowledge, and created projects related to libertarianism. Students began training with …

On August 10-13, a training camp for participants from the Eastern region took place near Vinnytsia. We gathered the most active youth and spent 4 days studying, communicating, and creating projects. The most important achievement and advantage of the camp …

On September 30-August 2, a training camp for participants from the Kyiv region was held in Vinnytsia. 25 active students joined the Leadership Program to meet interesting people, learn a lot, and create their own projects. The training began with …

On July 26-31, the first training camp of the Leadership Program took place near Vinnytsia. Participants attended lectures, participated in various pieces of training, communicated, exchanged ideas, and created their own projects. The training program was full of lectures in …

Eight USF representatives led by our organization’s CEO — Daniil Lubkin, took part on March 9-13 at International Prometheus Academy 2020 in Batumi. For four days, participants listened to lectures on the philosophy of Objectivism by foreign experts, participated in …

CPAC Annual Conference — Conservative Congress was held February 26-29 in Washington. During the conference, the CEO of our organization — Daniil Lubkin, together with co-founder — Mykhailo Lavrovskyi, met with parliamentarians from Europe and the United States. They once …

On February 21-23, 150 students from all over the country gathered in Kyiv to participate in the Students’ Model Congress 2020! The first day began with the committee hearings. In the Conciliation Hall of the Verkhovna Rada discussed the issues …

A major international conference — AynRandCon Europe 2020, held on February 14-16 in Warsaw, dedicated to Objectivism — the Ayn Rand philosophy. For three days, we listened to experts from the Ayn Rand Institute, discussed the challenges of today, and …

December 8th-10th, we gathered the best representatives of our organization from all over Ukraine for the first USF Golden Retreat. We have brought together people who have helped us implement large-scale events throughout the year as well as created their …

A large-scale youth forum — Free Generation Forum 2019, was held in Kyiv on December 7th. We brought together more than 150 proactive people to discuss the present and future of Ukraine! This year, we organized lectures from leading experts, …

“We Demand Urgent Consideration of the Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill!” It was with such a message that our organization came out on Saturday, October 26, on the Cannabis #March of Freedom. Together with representatives of other NGOs, we explained why …

Our team carried out the last training camp for the Leadership Program in Kharkiv. We brought together young people from the Eastern and Southern regions. Everyone has different views and opinions, but all share a common goal — to become …

On August 2-4, we gathered the best representatives of the Western region at the training camp of the Leadership Program. For three busy days, near Vinnytsia, we combined training, rest, and lots of work! Experts in various fields were invited …

The Leadership Program training camp was held on July 26-28 in Kyiv. The participants attended lectures and training for three days. Participants learned how public relation strategies are being developed in large corporations, learned public speaking techniques as well as …

Representatives of our organization headed by CEO — Daniil Lubkin, presented “Ukrainian Students for Freedom” at the FEE Con major conference held June 13-15 in Atlanta. Public figures and entrepreneurs from all over the world gather here to unite libertarian …

The CEO of our organization — Daniil Lubkin, together with the co-founder of the USF — Mykhailo Lavroskyi have participated in the annual Europe Liberty Forum was held on May 9-10 in Athens. By an example from the work of …

In June, we completed a student school: “Who is John Galt?”. For two months, 15 participants improved the knowledge of Objectivism and studied the way of life Ayn Rand, a world-renowned author who is still changing the worldview of people …

A simulation game for students “Lawmaker school” was held on March 25-26 in Kharkiv. Two teams developed and voted on bills like medical cannabis legalization and land reform. During the editing process, the participants changed even the name bill and …

Representatives from 16 countries together with Mykhailo Lavrovskyi та Sergiy Oleynik attended in “The Lights, Camera, Liberty” workshop in Los Angeles. Renowned film directors and experts held a seminar organized by our partners Atlas Network. Over four days, participants learned basis rules video recording …

«We demand to cease this debate concerning the legalization of cannabis!» These words launched by Representatives of the “National Dryzhuna” on March 7, our event in Chernivtsi. These guys brock in carrying the loudspeaker and the desire to disrupt the …

Our functionaries presented «Ukrainian Students for Freedom» at the Ayn Rand Student Conference Europe 2019 on February 15-17  in Prague.  Event was organized by our friends Ayn Rand Institute. At the conference, the participants had the opportunity to listen to the leading experts in …

A very unique event was held by Ukrainian Students for Freedom on November 23-25 in Kyiv.  The event of such kind was organized for the first time in the Eastern Europe! Students’ Model of Congress — a simulation game for …

Ukrainian Students for Freedom has won Atlas Network’s 2018 Smith Student Outreach Award for its inaugural Leadership Program, which works with student leaders to provide communicative skills and knowledge on a range of activities from policy proposals to hosting events. Launched …

Vice-President of the Atlas Foundation, Tom Palmer, believes that there are growing tendencies towards the lack of acceptance of libertarian ideas in the world, and the right and left populism, along with the aggressive Islamism that opposes it, are incredibly …

Ask yourself: “What is good education at the university?” Free, with a big scholarship that will be higher than the parental salary, most Ukrainians imagine it. But are the above-mentioned terms an indicator of good education? EDUCATION REFORM – SOCIETY …

“Live for yourself and nobody else” – that’s why a woman whose book was the second Bible for Americans struggled for. Ayn Rand was an American writer and philosopher, the creator of objectivism, which she called “a philosophy for life …