James Reed earned FFRF’s Percy Bysshe Shelley Student Activist Award of $1,000 for writing this column, which first appeared in the Daily Orange (the Syracuse University student newspaper) on Oct. …
Outreach
February 6-7, 2026 – Dan Barker to Debate at The Gospel Truth Conference 2026 in Dallas (Rowlett, TX)
The Gospel Truth has announced the lineup for its upcoming Gospel Truth Conference 2026, set to take place at Restoration Church Dallas in Rowlett, Texas. The two-day event will feature …
Dahlia Richter
A student who organized a secular revolt against unconstitutional graduation prayer at El Capitan High School in Colorado City, Ariz., has received a $2,000 Freedom From Religion Foundation Student Activist …
Jamelle Bouie
Jamelle Bouie, who received FFRF’s Clarence Darrow Award, is a columnist for the New York Times where he covers history and politics. In addition, he co-hosts the Unclear and Present …
Ed Larson
This is the (edited for space) speech given by Ed Larson at the Scopes Trial Centennial convention in Chattanooga, Tenn., on July 19. He was introduced by convention emcee Leighann …
Chrissy Stroop
Chrissy Stroop received FFRF’s 2025 “Freethought Heroine” award. Raised evangelical in the Indianapolis area and Colorado Springs, Chrissy Stroop was sent to culture-warring Christian schools that demonized queerness, abortion and anything …
Mubarak Bala
Mubarak Bala is a human rights activist and president of the Humanists of Nigeria, who was arrested in 2020 for posting comments on Facebook deemed insulting to Muhammad. Mubarak Bala …
Bailey Harris
Teen Author Bailey Harris Inspires Kids with Science Teen author Bailey Harris accepts FFRF’s “Out of God’s Closet Diane & Stephen Uhl Memorial Student Activist Award,” sharing her journey from …
Eli Frost
speech and video coming soon …
