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| Book discussion: the warmth of other suns by Isabelle Wilkerson | brilliant and stirring epic . . . Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the ... see more | 1773583200 Sun, Mar 15, 2026, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
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| Lunch and Discussion at Pasha | Lets get together and discuss current events and eat yummy food. We'll meet by the door until we are all ... see more | 1776175200 Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Breakfast at Denny's 4510 Fredericksburg Road | Join us for a nice breakfast and bring a topic for discussion. | 1777107600 Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Lunch and Discussion at Mamacitas | Join and meet your fellow freethinkers and atheists at a friendly monthly lunch where we talk about most everything. | 1777989600 Tue, May 5, 2026, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Meet FACT's 2025 Secular Student Alliance Scholarship Recipient, Muntakim from UTSA!
Muntakim is pursuing a Master’s in Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio, with an expected graduation in December 2025. His academic work focuses on advanced computing and quantum technologies, and his long-term goal is to merge hardware design, secure communication, and quantum computing through interdisciplinary leadership. He also cares deeply about inclusive, evidence-based education and hopes to stay engaged in mentorship and advocacy throughout his career.
He identifies as a secular humanist, guided by critical thinking, evidence-based reasoning, and ethical living without reliance on supernatural beliefs. Growing up in a religious environment, he found that secularism offered the freedom to live authentically and ground morality in reason, empathy, and community. As an apostate from Islam, he has experienced the challenges of leaving a dominant faith and now advocates for freedom of thought, conscience rights, and protections for dissenters.
On campus, Muntakim serves as Public Relations Director for the Secular Student Alliance at UTSA, where he amplifies student voices on secular ethics, science-based policy, and freedom of expression. Beyond campus, he participated in the #WeWantJustice protests of 2018 in Dhaka, facing police harassment and threats of detainment while calling for reform. These experiences strengthened his commitment to human rights, free expression, and the right to protest.
This year, he and his SSA chapter plan to collaborate with REACH on reproductive health education and organize events on freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, including opposition to campus drag bans. He also hopes to build ties with Ex-Muslim organizations to support students navigating similar challenges. Having faced both ideological discrimination and financial hardship in his education, including delays after his father’s death, Muntakim views this scholarship as vital support to continue his graduate studies and advance secular values, academic freedom, and inclusion for marginalized students.
Muntakim’s scholarship is sponsored by the Freethinkers Association of Central Texas.
FACT Sponsoring our Fourth Annual $1,000 Secular Student Alliance Scholarship for Texas Students
FACT is once again partnering with the Secular Student Alliance to sponsor one $1,000 Student Activist Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to a student enrolled in college in the state of Texas. Candidates will be evaluated on how they personify secular values, how they put those values into action as activists, and their goals for creating a more secular and humanistic future.
If you would like to donate to help FACT support a Texas secular student, click the “Donate” button at the bottom of the page and select the SSA Scholarship option. For more information on the scholarship or to apply, visit secularstudents.org/
If you are a current paid FACT Member and would like to be part of the application selection process, please email us at fact@freethinkersact.org.
