From left: FFC Chair, Tommy Baer, International First Freedom Award Winner,
Cole Durham, National Award Winner, Douglas Laycock, and Virginia Award Winner, Samuel Ericsson.
From left: Glade Knight, FFC Trustee and Premier Sponsor of Awards Dinner, Kathleen Knight, Betty Baer,
Hugh Gouldthorpe, and Tommy Baer.
Glade Knight welcomes special guests.
Dr. Isabelle Kinnard Richman, Vice President for Education at the First Freedom Center, introduces First Freedom
Student Competition Winner, Irteza Binte-Farid.
First Freedom Student Competition Winner, Irteza Binte-Farid, presents winning essay.
Dr. Imad Damaj (right), President, Virginia Muslim Coalition, presents Virginia Award to Samuel Ericsson.
Von Keetch presents Douglas Laycock with National First Freedom Award.
Professor Cole Durham, Brigham Young University Law School, accepts International First Freedom Award from
Tommy Baer and James Standish.
From left: Imam Ammar Amonette, Dr. Imad Damaj, and the Reverend Cessar Scott, who performed the
evening's invocation .
Hugh Gouldthorpe, Chair, Executive Dinner Committee, closes the evening.