The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region will honor three champions of educational opportunity and access at the 34th annual Civil Rights Awards Reception on Feb. 24, 2016 at the Denver Art Museum. The honorees are Leslie and Noel Ginsburg and Carlotta Walls LaNier.

Leslie and Noel Ginsburg have dedicated their energy and financial resources to ensure that underserved youth have equal access to educational opportunities.  Noel is a founding member and past President of the Colorado I Have A Dream Foundation, and Leslie, a board member since 2007, is the current Board Chair. Through the Foundation, they have sponsored 42 children to help obtain a post-secondary education. In addition, Leslie was an active member of ADL’s Board.  Among other things, she co-chaired the Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program and Education Committee. Leslie has also served on the Board of the Colorado I Have A Dream Foundation.  Noel has been the Chair of JEWISHcolorado (formerly Allied Jewish Federation) and the Mile High United Way. He has also served as President of the Denver Public Schools Foundation and Colorado I Have A Dream Foundation.

Carlotta Walls LaNier is one of the Little Rock Nine. At age 14, Carlotta was the youngest of nine African-American students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High School. In 1999, Carlotta and the other members of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton. She is a Denver resident and president of the Little Rock Nine Foundation, a scholarship organization dedicated to ensuring equal access to education for African-American students.

Tickets for the event are $100 per person. To purchase tickets or for information about the 2016 Civil Rights Awards, including sponsorship and tribute opportunities, please visit www.adl.org/civilrights2016 or call 303-830-7177.

Event sponsors as of February 9, 2016 include:

Advocates

The Curtiss-Lusher Family

Patrons

 Benefactors 

David & Laura Merage Foundation

Cushman & Wakefield

Dependable Cleaners

Sheridan Ross 

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

Supporters

Kaiser Permanente

Morris and Helen Ginsburg

Shalom Cares

Generously Supported By:

Bay Minerals

Emmanuel J. Friedman Philanthropies