The Scopes Trial Centennial conference took place on July 18 – 20, 2025 at The Chattanoogan Hotel in Chattanooga, TN. Watch videos of the speakers below, and while you’re here, …
Outreach
January 29, 2025 – FFRF Co-Sponsors Thomas Paine’s Birth Celebration Webinar (Virtual)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, The Thomas Paine Memorial Association (TPMA), Center for Inquiry/Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science (CFI/RDFR&S), Black Nonbelievers (BN), American Humanist Association (AHA), the Freethought …
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Michelle Goldberg
Michelle Goldberg’s talk on “The Rise of Christian Nationalism” digs into how Christian nationalism is reshaping politics in the United States and beyond. She explains that this movement isn’t just …
9th place — 2024 High School Essay Contest: Brandon Norman
Brandon Norman, Mercer University – Georgia, $400 By Brandon Norman If you watch or read the news or follow social media regarding politics, eventually you will see something mentioned about …
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7th place — 2024 High School Essay Contest: Natalie Mendoza
Natalie Mendoza, Arizona State University – Arizona, $750 By Natalie Mendoza I am one of the lucky ones. My parents did not brainwash me in religion. Growing up, my atheist parents …
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9th place — 2024 High School Essay Contest: Evelyn Dietz
Evelyn Dietz, Rollins College – Florida, $400 By Evelyn Dietz As a general rule, religious “Nones” have the potential to protect pressing rights regarding bodily autonomy in the United States, …
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8th place — 2024 High School Essay Contest: Quinn Weidner
Quinn Weidner, North Carolina State University – North Carolina, $500 By Quinn Weidner At its core, religion was created in the hopes of establishing unification of the spiritual mind, thus …
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5th place — 2024 High School Essay Contest: Lyn Sepersky
Lyn Sepersky, University of Wisconsin – Wisconsin, $1,500 By Lyn Sepersky I was supposed to feel heard. I was supposed to feel loved. But in the pews of the Catholic Church …
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10th place — 2024 High School Essay Contest: Emily Turner
Emily Turner, Case Western Reserve University – Ohio, $300 By Emily Turner In a world where religion is considered the norm, the principle of “separation of church and state” has …
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