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Mountain States Spotlight with ADL New Mexico Board Chair Jeff Baker

As ADL New Mexico rejoins the Mountain States Region, we spoke with Jeff Baker, Chair of the New Mexico Anti-Defamation League Board. How did you first become involved in ADL? How are you involved now? Twenty-seven years ago, then ADL Mountain States Regional Director Saul Rosenthal helped launch New Mexico as an independent ADL office.  I became an inaugural board member

Nineteen Young Professionals join ADL’s 2017-2018 Robert B. Sturm Mountain States Leadership Fellows Program

  Nineteen young professionals have joined the Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region’s 2017-2018 Robert B. Sturm Leadership Fellows Program. The program year began with a half-day retreat at the Genesee Challenge Course in Golden on August 27 at which the new Fellows had an opportunity to try out partner and group team-building activities on the low and high ropes courses with

Igniting Passion for Social Justice!

The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is delighted to announce the entertainers that will be performing at the Torch of Liberty Dinner Ignite! to be held on Wednesday, November 29th, at 6:00 pm in the Seawell Ballroom located at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The event will honor Andrew Feinstein and Elaine Gantz Berman and Dr. Stephen Berman.

ADL Helps Jewish Institutions, Law Enforcement Prepare for High Holy Days

  The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region hosted a security seminar on Aug. 30 to help Jewish institutions prepare for the upcoming High Holy Day season. Nearly 40 representatives from 20 different Jewish institutions in the Denver-metro area participated in the training at BMH-BJ Synagogue in Denver. The training featured specific security recommendations for the High Holy Days, active shooter/active

ADL Expert Provides Training on Extremist Threats

The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region provided training on the threats posed by white supremacists and anti-government adherents for several law enforcement and government agencies in August. Joanna Mendelson, Senior Investigative Researcher and Director of Special Projects for ADL’s Center on Extremism, conducted the trainings. Mendelson conducted a training on Aug. 23 for nearly 100 individuals on the “sovereign citizen”