ADL urges Colorado voters to vote NO on Amendment 46 and 48, two proposed Constitutional Amendments that are scheduled to be on the ballot in November. Amendment 46 (pdf), misleadingly entitled the “Colorado Civil Rights Initiative,” is an effort by a group of out-of-state activists led by Ward Connerly to amend Colorado’s Constitution to ban any form of affirmative action

ADL and Colorado’s Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) launched a new online course for law enforcement officers based on the eight hour training program, Ethics and Anti-Biased Policing for Law Enforcement Officers, which ADL developed in partnership with POST in 2001. The purpose of the online adaptation is to reach officers in rural areas that are unable to travel

The Mountain States Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) installed Karen Steinhauser as Regional Board Chair at its Annual Community Meeting. Twelve new Board members were elected to serve two-year terms on the Regional Board, while 19 current Board members were re-elected to serve. Four Board members achieved Emeritus Status and 19 Board members will continue to serve with

More than 350 honored local attorney John Robert Holland, local cultural icon Cleo Parker Robinson, and the memory of the late Judge Phillip S. Figa at ADL’s 2008 Civil Rights Award Luncheon. For more than 30 years, Holland has given a voice to those marginalized in our society. He has: forced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to

ADL supports Colorado House Bill 1080, which would reinstate Colorado’s longstanding ban forbidding religious organizations from discriminating based on faith when hiring employees to work for government-funded social service programs. Even though this was the law in Colorado until 2007, the bill is meeting strong resistance from religious groups. NEWS Would Law Handcuff Faith-Based Charities? No, It Only Assures Fairness