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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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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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 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, …
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 …
