Matthew LaClair

Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award Matthew LaClair was a 16-year-old junior whose American history teacher has acted more like a preacher than a teacher. Matthew’s actions to protest religion in …

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Jesse Card

Jesse Card, of Everett, Washington, received a variation of the Student Activist Award in July 2004, when he was named “Young Activist” at the Pacific Northwest Mini-Convention of the Freedom …

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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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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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