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2021 LOLA Recap

1. Deirdre McCloskey, Antonella Marty, and Grover Norquist join the LOLA Advisory Board

The Ladies of Liberty Alliance is thrilled to welcome three outstanding professionals to our Board of Advisors this year – Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Antonella Marty, and Grover Norquist. LOLA’s board offers support, guidance, and contributes to our goal of addressing the shortage of women in the liberty movement. Together with board members we will continue to expand LOLA Chapters, our network, and grow as a leading libertarian organization for women. Welcome, Deirdre, Antonella, and Gover. We are honored to have you.

2. LOLA Reaches 28 Countries

This year we’ve seen new LOLA Chapters in locations such as West Michigan, Brazil, Guatemala, Central NY, Venezuela, Mexico and more. LOLA Chapters continue to spread the ideas of liberty and address the shortage of women in the liberty movement. Chapters grew 492% (13 to 77) since the initial launch of the Chapters Outreach program in 2018 and grew 24% (62 to 77) from the year before.

2021 Chapters:

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

West Michigan, MI

Alagoas, Brazil

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Central New York, NY

Toronto, Canada

Mexico City, Mexico

Maracay, Venezuela

Harare, Zimbabwe

Asuncion, Paraguay

Medillin, Colombia

Sergipe, Brazil

Bolivia

3. LOLA’s Top Social Media Hits This Year

Socialism is the best way to destroy women’s rights

LOLA Toronto Leader, Ana Rizo, joins LPTV for a discussion on libertarian feminism as she discusses how socialism is the best way to destroy women’s rights. Watch it.

Communism Isn’t Fashionable -AOC’s Tax the Rich Dress

Politicians like AOC love to tax the rich but raising tax rates on the rich is a proven failed policy… See more.

The Myths of Democratic Socialism

At the end of the day, democratic socialism is still socialism. Learn more here.

History of Women’s Economic Rights

In the early 19th century, women couldn’t sign contracts, own property, own the family business or divorce. But over the course of a century, these patriarchal institutions are almost completely eliminated. Why did this happen? And how did it change so fast? Learn more.

LOLA Guatemala City Leader, Estela shares her love for freedom and free markets. More.

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4. 2021 Published Work from LOLA Members

-LOLA Brazil Leader, Marina Zonis, talks about Brazil’s political system. Read here.

-LOLA Uruguay Leader, Sabrina Riveiro, co-authored a book with the Center of Studies for Development entitled Dialogos Para Un Uruguay Global or Dialogues for a Global Uruguay

-LOLA Uruguay Leaders, Sabrina Riveiro and Maria Jose Fernandez, discuss the situation on women in Afghanistan.

-LOLA Toronto Leaders, Ana Rizo and Tonya Wisemen, talk libertarian feminism and the importance of the Ladies of Liberty Alliance in Toronto. Read here.

-LOLA Director of Development, Izabela Patriota, was published in Poder 360 with her article Brazil in 2021 reinforced the perception that machismo has no ideology.Read in Portuguese.

– LOLA Director of Development, Izabela Patriota, was featured in Estadao with her article In the 15 years of the Maria da Penha Law, what is still missing for women to be more free?Read in Portuguese.

-LOLA Director, Holly Jean Soto, talks student loan debt and frivolous government spending. Read here.

5. New Team Members & Roles

This year, we welcomed Izabela Patriota as LOLA’s Director of Development. Izabela is a member of the leadership team of LOLA Brazil and is a Ph.D. Candidate in law, and a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Welcome to the team Izabela!

Marina Zonis has joined the LOLA Team as the new Social Media Coordinator. Marina is a Business Lawyer in Brazil and has been involved with LOLA since 2019. She serves as the Social Media Lead and Director of Communications of LOLA Brazil. She is passionate about limited government, libertarian feminism, women’s rights, and Japanese food.

Ayemen Fatima expands her role with LOLA from the International Chapters Coordinator to the new Global Chapters Coordinator. Ayemen is pursuing her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in Hyderabad, India. She currently serves as the first female Chair of the Executive Board at South Asia Students for Liberty where she initially found her love for liberty. She is passionate about human rights, religion, free markets, and is an advocate for drug law reform.

6. LOLA turns 12

12 years ago, the Ladies of Liberty Alliance began as a passion project designed to address the shortage of women in the liberty movement with a handful of volunteers building a network of libertarian women. With the launch of LOLA’s Outreach Program in 2018, LOLA saw an explosion from 2 to 12 countries. Today LOLA exists in 27 countries, with over 70 Chapters reaching over 2,500 women. We are so thankful to bring more women into the liberty movement and address the shortage of women in the liberty movement. The last 12 years have been exciting, fulfilling, and rewarding, and we’re just getting started.

7. Interviews with LOLA

Liberty Lunch with People for Liberty

Dan Fishman, Executive Director for People for Liberty talks with Holly Jean Soto, LOLA Programs Director and Christina Herrin, LOLA U.S. Coordinator. We discuss what LOLA is doing to address the shortage of women in the liberty movement, chapter accomplishments, obstacles, and more. Watch here.