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

In partnership with Wyoming educators and Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman of Temple Sinai in Cheyenne, ADL is working to expand Holocaust education in Wyoming.  ADL has provided training and resources to educators in Cheyenne, Laramie and Casper so that they can learn the history of anti-Semitism, listen to first-hand survivor testimonies and leave workshops better equipped to teach the Holocaust to

ADL is a lead partner in the Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project, a three-month community conversation about “the protection of human rights against bigotry and hate through arts, education and public dialogue.”   Other lead partners include the Colorado Ballet, Rocky Mountain PBS, the University of Denver, and the Mizel Museum. The project will begin with the commemoration of Martin Luther

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced the election of Barry Curtiss-Lusher as its new National Chair.  A businessman and prominent community leader in Denver, Mr. Curtiss-Lusher has been actively involved with ADL for more than 30 years.  He was elected to serve a three-year term and formally assumed the position on November 16 during ADL’s 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

The NEWSED Community Development Corporation will present its 21st Annual Civil Rights Award to the Mountain States Region of the Anti-Defamation League and its regional director, Scott Levin, at an awards dinner on November 8.  NEWSED’s Civil Rights Award recognizes “individuals and community organizations that have made a significant difference through activism, sacrifice, and dedication to an ever-changing civil rights