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 …
More » from Cliff Richards Memorial Student Activist Awardee Ashlynn Bradley
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 …
More » from Allen P. Wilkinson Student Activist Awardee Seth Manning
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 …
More » from Richard & Beverly Hermsen Student Activist Awardee Jack Doe
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 …
More » from Richard and Beverly Hermsen Student Activist Awardee Cidney Fisk
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, …
More » from FFRF’s Strong Backbone Student Activist Awardee Cierra Fields
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 …
More » from Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Awardee Nicole Niebler
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 …
More » from Catherine Fahringer Black Skeptic Awardee Elijah Willig
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 …
More » from Catherine Fahringer Black Skeptic Awardee Sydney Steward
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 …
More » from Catherine Fahringer Black Skeptic Awardee Lydia Mason
