Ruth “Dixie” Jokinen Student Activist Award In 1997, Freedom From Religion Foundation Board Member Richard Mole generously endowed an annual Student Activist Award, in the memory of Ruth “Dixie” Jokinen. …
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Wafa Sultan
Introductory remarks by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Oct. 7, 2006. The bravest people in the world today, in my opinion, are the women raised in Islam who publicly reject religion or …
Mikey Weinstein – “Champion of the First Amendment” Award
Michael L. (“Mikey”) Weinstein filed suit in federal court in October 2005 against the Air Force to end illegal proselytizing and evangelizing. The lawsuit was recently thrown out on standing. …
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Philip Paulson
Philip Paulson was a Vietnam-era US military veteran, who served as a combat paratrooper, light-weapons infantryman and point man. He was an active member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Association …
Mike Keefe – Freethought in the Media “Tell It Like It Is” Award
A son of Santa Rosa, Calif., and a product of the St. Louis public school system, Mike Keefe, editorial cartoonist for the Denver Post, now lives in Evergreen, Colo., at …
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Julia Sweeney
Introduced by Dan Barker Did you know that Julia Sweeney came to Hollywood not as an actor but as an accountant? Julia Sweeney is the oldest in a family of …
Jennifer Musgrove
Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Student Activist Award Jennifer Musgrove was vigilant throughout her high school career in taking an active and vocal stance for separation of church and state and exercising …
Robin Morgan
Introductory remarks by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Nov. 11, 2005. Our assistant Jackie Nesbitt, who helped to register you, brought to my attention a wonderful article in the Fall 2004 Ms., …
Don Addis – Freethought in the Media “Tell It Like It Is” Award
This is the introduction by Annie Laurie Gaylor for Don Addis' "Freethought in the Media 'Tell It Like It Is' Award," bestowed at the 27th annual national convention of the …
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