Anti-Defamation League Board Member and Boulder Steering Committee Member Sara-Jane Cohen shares how her early involvement in the fight for Civil Rights led to becoming an ADL advocate. How did you first become involved in ADL? How are you involved now? My husband Bill and I got involved in ADL probably 15 years ago (maybe more?) because issues kept coming
What do 45 schools, over 120 students, educators, administrators, family members, Anti-Defamation League volunteers, ADL board members and a prominent Civil Rights attorney have in common? All of them were not only in attendance on April 12, 2016 at ADL’s fifth annual No Place for Hate® Celebration Breakfast, but they also expressed their commitment, shared their expertise and celebrated their
Over 200 supporters joined ADL’s Mountain States Region at its third ArtWorks event honoring Gareth Heyman and Betsy Mordecai Heyman, owners of MorEvents and tremendous community philanthropists, on April 19, 2016. ArtWorks: Where Justice and Art Come Together was presented by BNY Mellon Wealth Management. The evening included a cocktail reception, silent art auction, music, photo booth and a live
On May 4, 2016, ADL hosted its 35th annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program, one of the largest such events in the United States. Over 1,600 people attended the program at Temple Emanuel in Denver. The program included a moving tribute to the family of Dr. Maria Kiss Madi, a Hungarian rescuer whose family was presented with a Righteous Among the Nations Award at
While the United States grapples with the growth of some extremist groups motivated by hateful ideologies, it is also seeing the decline of one historic white supremacist group, according to three reports recently released by the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. The national trend holds true for Colorado and Wyoming. Last week, ADL released a new report about
