About Our 2024 Video Scholarship

California Freethought Day believes that secular rights, science, social justice, civic engagement, and the First Amendment should be celebrated, and wants to support students as they continue their education.

To further that goal, we've launched a social media scholarship contest for middle school, high school, trade school, and college students anywhere in the United States.

We are awarding $750 each to our two favorite entries (as tweets, reels, etc) create a video in the form of a public service announcement (PSA) that reflects on our theme:

How can we protect our democracy from becoming a theocracy and unite our country against religious bigotry?

To qualify, applicants must create a public post that responds to the above prompt and share it on either Threads, X (Twitter), Instagram, or TikTok, tagging us (@FreethoughtDay) and using the hashtag #ScholarshipPSA. The entry must be in the form of a video (live-action or animated) between 30-60 seconds in length.

Content must be shared by September 10, 11:59 PM PT, of the current year to qualify.

Applicants may offer only one entry.

• currently attend a middle school (grades 7-8), high school (grades 9-12), college (any level), or trade school
• be a resident of the United States
• plan to pursue (or currently pursuing) postsecondary education at a community college, four-year college, trade school, or vocational school.