Kenji Ornellas

The Freedom From Religion Foundation awarded 15-year-old Honolulu student Kenji Ornellas a $1,000 student activist award in 2002. Kenji was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against his school, McKinley High, …

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Blake Trettien

Ruth (“Dixie”) Jokinen Memorial As a high school student, Blake Trettien wrote a letter to county commissioners asking them to remove a Ten Commandments monument from Memorial Grounds Park in …

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Gabriel Carlson

2000 Ruth (“Dixie”) Jokinen Memorial Gabriel Carlson, a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, earned a degree in Religious Studies, Philosophy and Rhetoric. At the time he received his …

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