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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Schiller Hill

Ruth (“Dixie”) Jokinen Memorial Introduction by Catherine Fahringer: Most of you know that I live in San Antonio, Texas. We have one newspaper. Our one newspaper loves to put the …

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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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Cassie Gootee

Cassie Gootee graduated from Englewood High School, Colorado, in the year 2000. She was inducted into the National Honor Society and was president of the student body. She represented Colorado …

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Micah White

Ruth Jokinen Memorial Micah White wrote a powerful op-ed piece, “Atheists Under Siege,” published by The New York Times on June 21, 1999, chronicling the difficulties he faced as a …

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