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ADL Opposes Colorado Amendment 62

The Mountain States Region of the Anti-Defamation League has joined a broad coalition of organizations to oppose Amendment 62, the so-called “Personhood Amendment,” which would define a fertilized human egg as a person. Amendment 62 is sponsored by Personhood Colorado, the same group that put Amendment 48 on the ballot in 2008.  ADL opposed the 2008 amendment as well; that

ADL Arms Region with Security Information for Jewish High Holy Days

In advance of the Jewish High Holy Days, the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States regional office issued a Security Advisory to over 200 Jewish institutions in Colorado and Wyoming, advising them to review their security policies, procedures, and training and to renew their relationships with local law enforcement. ADL also shared several resources with the community, including its security manual, Protecting

Stuart Pack to Take Gavel as ADL Board Chair

Stuart Pack will be installed as Board Chair of the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Region at ADL’s Annual Community Meeting on June 10, 2010, taking the gavel from Karen Steinhauser who is ending her two-year term. Pack has been a member of ADL’s Mountain States Regional Board of Directors for 20 years. He is a recipient of the Fred Silverberg

ADL Empowers Denver/Boulder Community in the Face of Westboro Baptist Church Hateful Picketing

Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), a virulently anti-Semitic and homophobic hate group, tried to gain publicity and bring its message of hate to Boulder and Denver on April 22 – 24, 2010, picketing at several synagogues, Jewish organizations, public schools, churches and events.  The targeted institutions were prepared for the protests and reacted in positive ways, because ADL alerted them weeks