Outreach

Devin Estes, 10, received a $1,000 Strong Backbone Student Activist Award endowed by a kind octogenarian FFRF member from New York, who prefers to remain anonymous and donates the scholarship …

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This special scholarship of $5,000 is generously endowed by longtime FFRF members and supporters Richard and Beverly Hermsen. By Cidney Fisk During my junior year of high school, I protested …

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Cierra Fields is cancer survivor, rape survivor who fights for everyone Cierra received a $1,000 Strong Backbone Student Activist Award endowed by a kind octogenarian FFRF member from New York, …

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Nicole received a $2,000 Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award from FFRF. This scholarship is made possible thanks to generous FFRF members, a Washington couple who prefers to remain anonymous. By …

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As a child, I attended weekly church services with my parents, two progressives who, while not self-righteous churchgoers, believe in God and support religious institutions. As I started to learn …

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A little girl sat at her desk and crafted a paint-splattered masterpiece. The other children chatted about the little things that consumed the common sixth-graders’ attention: who was crushing on …

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I, like many people, had abused religion to excuse my immoral behavior and inaction in the face of injustice. When I did things that were unjust, I convinced myself that …

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