Henry (Hank) Zumach is an avid activist for freethought and separation of church/state issues. He has taken leadership in organizing a group of plaintiffs for a FFRF federal lawsuit and …
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Marie Schaub – Atheist in Foxhole Courage Award
Marie Schaub is a plaintiff in FFRF’s case over a Ten Commandments monument in Pennsylvania’s New Kensington-Arnold School District. In August, FFRF won an appeal in the case, overturning the …
Lauri Lebo
Lauri Lebo is an author, radio station owner and former reporter from Harrisburg, Pa., where she was the principal local reporter covering the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial in 2004-05 while working for …
Aleta Ledendecker
Aleta Ledendecker is retired from nearly 40 years as a Montessori teacher and school administrator. She is a founding member of the Rationalists of East Tennessee and has served as …
Justin Scott
Justin Scott is an atheist activist from Iowa who challenged presidential candidates during the Iowa Caucus. The videos of his exchanges went viral over social media — his “Pastor in …
Stuart Watson – Freethought in the Media awardee
FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor introduced Stuart Watson, a longtime investigative reporter in North Carolina, during FFRF’s mini-convention in Raleigh, N.C.: We got to know Stuart because he called us …
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Strong Backbone Student Activist Award, Removing prayer from graduation: By Sarah Barrios
FFRF awarded Sarah $1,000 from a fund endowed by an octogenarian member who wishes to remain anonymous. By Sarah Barrios Nicholls State University has a long-standing history of subjecting its …
2016 National Convention
The 2016 Freedom From Religion 39th Annual National Convention took place on October 7-9 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. …
Holly Baer – First Yip Harburg Youth Activist Award
Holly Baer is the first recipient of FFRF’s $1,000 Yip Harburg Youth Activist Award, generously endowed by the Yip Harburg Foundation and FFRF members Ernie and Margie Harburg, the children …
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