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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Wendy Kaminer
Wendy Kaminer, Affiliated Scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is a columnist for The American Prospect and is Contributing Editor at The Atlantic Monthly. She serves on the …
Clarence Reinders
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. City of Marshfield, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6649, *2 (May 9, 2000) Clarence Reinders volunteered to be plaintiff in the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s …
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 …
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich was given a “Freethought Heroine” award because of her forthright willingness to identify herself is a “none” in many nationally-circulated columns, and her life-long commitment to promoting rationalism. …
Steve Benson – Freethought in the Media “Tell It Like It Is” Award
Steve Benson, the first grandson of the late head of the Mormon Church, Ezra Taft Benson, had been an editorial cartoonist with the Arizona Republic for 18 years at the …
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Steven Weinberg
Prof. Steven Weinberg, the first official recipient of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Emperor Has No Clothes Award, accepted the award in person on November 1999, at the Foundation’s annual …
Adam Butler
Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Award In 1996, Pelham High School senior Adam Butler of Alabama requested the right to form a freethought club at his high school, right in the middle …
MaryKait Durkee
In April 1998, a 15-year-old student made national headlines for refusing to stand for the religious pledge of allegiance in her California classroom. Since then, MaryKait Durkee, with the support …
