Humans have constantly cooked up new ways to explain what they perceive in the world. When there are things they can’t explain, they let it stew in their heads and …
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Paul J. Gaylor Memorial Student Activist Scholarship Awardee Peter Opitz
Peter Opitz received a $1,000 scholarship from FFRF endowed by Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor in memory of her father, Paul J. Gaylor, who was FFRF’s most hardworking volunteer for its …
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Cliff Richards Memorial Student Activist Awardee Ashlynn Bradley
FFRF gave Ashlynn a $1,000 Cliff Richards Memorial Student Activist Award. Over the last few years, FFRF has sent several complaints to Willard, Mo., School District Superintendent Kent Medlin regarding …
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Allen P. Wilkinson Student Activist Awardee Seth Manning
Seth received $1,000, partially funded by the Allen P. Wilkinson Student Activist Award. By Seth Manning The constitutional ideal of church and state separation may seem vital to those who …
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Richard & Beverly Hermsen Student Activist Awardee Jack Doe
Bullying, harassment, threats force plaintiff to remain anonymous The high school student in FFRF’s ongoing federal lawsuit, FFRF v. Concord Community Schools, is the recipient of a $5,000 student scholarship …
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FFRF’s 2017 Thomas W. Jendrock Student Activist Kelly Helton
Kelly Helton,12, is a middle school feminist and freethinking activist from Kentucky. Kelly has taken a stance against religious promotion in her public school, volunteered at Planned Parenthood, and publicly …
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Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollitt is well known for her witty, biweekly column in The Nation, “Subject to Debate.” The column, which won the National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary in 2003, …
Maryam Namazie – Henry H. Zumach Freedom From Religious Fundamentalism Award
Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born secularist and human rights activist, commentator and broadcaster. She is spokesperson for One Law for All, the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and Fitnah. She …
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Jerry Bloom
Jerry Bloom is a retired RN, U.S. Army veteran and FFRF member. Jerry has a wide range of interests including art, chess, urban archaeology, paleontology, stargazing and bird-watching. “My mission …
