Scott L. Levin, Mountain States Regional Director, sent the following statement to the Boulder City Council, urging them to oppose a pending proposal to establish a Boulder/Nablus Sister City relationship: Boulder City Council Resolution No. 631 (Establishing Sister City Affiliation Policy for the City of Boulder) “recognizes the existence of people-to-people relationships through the establishment of sister city affiliations” and

ADL hosted a gathering of Latino and Jewish leaders on March 21 for a pre-Passover seder.  Participants used a Haggadah that highlighted our common experiences in a “nation of immigrants.” The seder included traditional elements of telling the Passover story, songs and symbolic foods, and also featured excerpts of works by Cesar Chavez, Maya Angelou and others who wrote about

ADL’s legislative efforts have achieved success in 2013! ADL attended the signing ceremony when Governor John Hickenlooper signed Colorado’s civil unions bill into law on March 21.  ADL Mountain States Board Chair Andrea Shpall and ADL LGBT Task Force Chair Melinda Quiat each testified before committees in the Colorado General Assembly in support of the bill that would establish civil

Longtime Mountain States Board Member and former Regional Chair Marvin Levy was honored by being named an Honorary Life Member of ADL’s National Commission.  Regional Director Scott Levin presented Levy with an award recognizing this honor at the March meeting of the Mountain States Board of Directors.

Over 100 civic leaders and community members gathered on February 27 to honor Tim Sweeney and Patricia Barela Rivera, recipients of ADL’s 2013 Civil Rights Awards. Patricia Barela Rivera has spent her career working for greater opportunities for women and minorities.  As the first female and first Hispanic District Director for the U.S. Small Business Administration, she assisted small businesses