Name: Amit Pal Where and when I was born: Emden, Germany, where my father worked as a naval architect. We moved to the United States when I was a toddler …
Day: June 22, 2016
Meet a member: Stephen Gay
Name: Stephen Gay. Where I live: Fountain Hills, Ariz., and part-time in Santa Rosa, Calif. Where and when I was born: Houston in July of 1957. Family: I am single, …
Nonbelief Relief aids imperiled activists
Nonbelief Relief has recently aided seven nonbelievers whose lives have been threatened in Bangladesh. Nonbelief Relief, a charity founded by FFRF last year, wired stipends of $5,000 each to each …
Calif. ‘school chaplaincy’ makes changes due to FFRF complaint
A California school district has taken a number of steps to conform with the U.S. Constitution following a Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint. The Turlock Unified School District had a …
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Justin Scott
Justin ScottWaterloo, Iowa, City CouncilMay 2, 2016 FFRF Member Justin Scott, also a member of the Cedar Valley Atheists and Eastern Iowa Atheists, delivered the first secular invocation in Waterloo, …
Cheryl Kolbe
Cheryl KolbeClark County BoardVancouver, Wash.April 5, 2016 Cheryl Kolbe is the president of the Portland Area Chapter of FFRF, which she started in 2013. She first learned about FFRF from …
Elizabeth Murad
Elizabeth MuradMartin County BoardStuart, Fla.May 3, 2016 FFRF Member Elizabeth Murad was a nun for 13 years before leaving the Catholic Church in 1971 and becoming an atheist. She lives …
Strong Backbone Student Activist Award, Removing prayer from graduation: By Sarah Barrios
FFRF awarded Sarah $1,000 from a fund endowed by an octogenarian member who wishes to remain anonymous. By Sarah Barrios Nicholls State University has a long-standing history of subjecting its …
Stuart Watson – Freethought in the Media awardee
FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor introduced Stuart Watson, a longtime investigative reporter in North Carolina, during FFRF’s mini-convention in Raleigh, N.C.: We got to know Stuart because he called us …
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