Nearly 1700 guests joined ADL for its 36th annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program, one of the largest such events in the United States, on April 25 at Temple Emanuel in Denver. This year’s program featured keynote speaker Dr. Hana Berger Moran, an infant survivor of the Holocaust. Born in a slave labor camp weighing less than three pounds to
As the 2017 Colorado legislative session wraps up on Wednesday, the Anti-Defamation League is celebrating a few key victories. In particular, two bills that strengthen Colorado’s hate crimes protections gained bi-partisan support and have already been signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper. ADL supported and testified in favor of House Bill 1138. The legislation requires the Colorado Department
ADL was proud to recognize all six student winners, their families and teachers, at the 36th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program on April 25, 2017. These skilled student writers connected those that exemplified moral courage from the past with their present realities, learning from the lessons that have been left for all of us. These six students’ essays from Lovell,
ADL Mountain States Region Board Member Leslie Karotkin shares her passions for philanthropy, education, justice, and the Anti-Defamation League. How did you first become involved in ADL? How are you involved now? My maternal grandparents were very involved with ADL and B’nai B’rith (locally in Texas and internationally), and so I feel that I have been aware of the organization
No Place for Hate®, ADL’s flagship education initiative, celebrated the completion of its ninth year in the Mountain States Region with a festive breakfast at Mile High Stadium on April 6, 2017. A special video highlighting three schools in Colorado and the impact of the No Place for Hate initiative on their school communities debuted at the celebration. Check out the video
