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ADL Urges Support of Amendment T

  Colorado voters will weigh in on nine statewide ballot measures this election. After reviewing all of the measures, the Civil Rights and Government Affairs Committees for the Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region are recommending a “yes” vote in favor of Amendment T. ADL is not taking a position on any of the other statewide ballot measures.   Amendment T

ADL Celebrates 75 Years in Colorado

In 1941, a dedicated group of Colorado Jewish leaders – led by Col. Melvin Schlesinger and including such notables as Lou Isaacson, A.B. Hirschfeld, Max Goldberg, and Emmett Heitler – started a regional office of the Anti-Defamation League in Denver.  Some say it was the first regional office ever organized outside of Chicago, where ADL was founded in 1913, and

ADL Welcomes Jessica Reaves, Senior Writer and Communications Specialist for the Center on Extremism

  The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is pleased to welcome Jessica Reaves to its office.  As the senior writer and communications specialist for ADL’s Center on Extremism, Jessica is a part of ADL’s national staff working out of the Denver office.   Before coming to Denver, Jessica worked in ADL’s Chicago office as the Midwest Investigative Researcher. In that

Mountain States Spotlight with Craig Fleishman

ADL Board Member and National Commissioner Craig Fleishman shares his passions for travel, the law, his family, and fighting for justice and fair treatment for all. How did you first become involved in ADL? How are you involved now? In the late 1970s, Larry Atler, who was a very strong supporter of ADL and its principles, acquainted me with its

August recess visits focus on voting rights, refugee resettlement, Iran

    Board members of the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Region took advantage of a seven-week summer recess by Congress to meet with members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on several critical issues.   ADL Mountain States Board members met with Senator Michael Bennet, Congressman Mike Coffman, Congressman Ed Perlmutter and Congressman Jared Polis. Board members also met with local and