Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Memorial Graduate student Chris McDougal became the first recipient of the annual Student Activist Award/Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Memorial, at the 20th annual Freedom From Religion Foundation in …
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Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan is an author, lecturer and TV and motion picture writer/producer whose work is largely concerned with the effects of science and technology on our society. She co-wrote the …
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler challenged numerous illegal religious practices in the public school when he was assistant principal in Dekalb County, Alabama. Aided by the ACLU, he brought a lawsuit in 1996 …
Rachel Bauchman
Rachel Bauchman spoke at the nineteenth annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 12, 1996. At that time, she was a 17-year-old senior in …
Kristin Lems
Singer and songwriter Kristin Lems received the “Charline Kotula Freethought Heroine Memorial Award,” accepting her award in person at the 1996 national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in …
Michael Bristor
Freethinker of the Year, Jr. At the age of six, Michael Bristor was harassed and ridiculed by his Minnesota first-grade teacher for not participating in illegal classroom prayer. The complaints …
Jennifer Essak, Sam Essak, Michael Hakeem, and Richard Uttke
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., Anne Gaylor, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dan Barker, Samuel M. Essak, Jennifer Essak, Richard A. Uttke and Michael Hakeem, 95-C-634-S, Feb. 23, 1996, U.S. District Court, …
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Rachel Bauchman Speech
Rachel Bauchman Versus Utah This speech was delivered at the nineteenth annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 12, 1996. By Rachel Bauchman My …
Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollit is an author, widely published essayist, feminist and freethinker who received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Columbia. Her …
