As a child, Amuri experienced periods of adversity, and art was a form of escapism. At Virginia Commonwealth University, she is passionate about art and wants to be a studio …
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Mirona is a music education major at Winston-Salem State University. Music is her passion and she plans to tutor kids in music after college and become a music teacher and …
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Megan Phelps-Roper is a speaker, advocate and author of the new bestselling book Unfollow: On Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps-Roper was raised in the Westboro Baptist Church, …
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The following are the acceptance speeches given by FFRF’s 2021 Freethinkers of the Year. They were introduced by FFRF Legal Director Rebecca Markert. Rebecca Markert: It’s my honor …
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The following are the acceptance speeches given by FFRF’s 2021 Freethinkers of the Year. They were introduced by FFRF Legal Director Rebecca Markert. Rebecca Markert: It’s my honor to introduce …
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No video or transcript of her speech is available. …
Sikivu Hutchinson: Check your white privilege, freeethinkers This is an edited (for length) version of the speech given by Sikivu Hutchinson at FFRF’s national convention on Nov. 20, 2021, in …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VBrm6aFDz8 Sushant Singh: The price for speaking the truth in India This is an edited version of the pre-recorded video speech given by Sushant Singh at FFRF’s national convention in …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSVgZ1kyQQ Linda Greenhouse speech: Cheesecake, anyone? Journalist and author Linda Greenhouse was introduced on stage by FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor during FFRF’s convention on Nov. 19: “Veteran Supreme Court …
