Matthew Nielson

Matthew “Max” Nielson, 18, is the principal plaintiff in FFRF’s federal lawsuit challenging illegal graduation prayer at his high school. Two younger students have signed on as plaintiffs. Max is an …

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Jeff Shott

Jeff Shott, 17, is the first recipient of the Paul J. Gaylor Memorial Student Activist Award, a newly endowed scholarship of $1,000. Similar awards offered through FFRF are the annual …

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Krystal Myers

“Krystal Myers is an honors student, captain of the swim team and editor of her high school newspaper. She’s also an atheist in a predominantly Christian student body.” That’s how …

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Harrison Hopkins

Fighting graduation prayer, and winning Harrison Hopkins, 18, who graduated in June 2011 from Laurens District High School in Laurens, S.C., gave this speech Oct. 8 at FFRF’s 34th annual …

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Duncan Henderson

2011 Catherine Fahringer Memorial Youth Activist Award Never give up Duncan Henderson, an Auburn, Ala., teen, received the Catherine Fahringer Memorial Youth Activist Award of $1,000 presented on July 2, …

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Damon Fowler

2011 Catherine Fahringer Memorial Youth Activist Award Fowler receives FFRF award for stellar student activism The Freedom From Religion Foundation has inaugurated two annual $1,000 student activist awards, one in …

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Sawyer Frey

2010 Catherine Fahringer Memorial Student Activist Award Fictional Jesus got him in trouble Sawyer Frey, who lives in Whitehouse, Ohio, has been awarded the 2010 Catherine Fahringer scholarship award of …

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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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