On May 4, 2016 the winners of this year’s Student Essay Contest – A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice – were recognized as part of ADL’s 35th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program in Denver. This year’s contest was generously underwritten by an anonymous donor. The student essay contest uses the Holocaust as a backdrop for middle and high school students to write about an individual

Colleges and private businesses around the country, including at least one in Colorado, received anti-Semitic flyers blaming Jews for destroying the country “through mass immigration and degeneracy” and asked people to “join . . . in the struggle for global white supremacy.” Hacker Andrew Auernheimer (also known as Weev), an unabashed racist and anti-Semite, claimed credit for exploiting network printers

    ADL’s 2016 Civil Rights Awards Reception on February 24 honored community leaders Leslie and Noel Ginsburg and Carlotta Walls LaNier, a member of the Little Rock Nine, for their work to advance educational access and opportunity for all students. The reception was attended by over 150 guests and took place at Ponti Hall at the Denver Art Museum.

The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is proud to have 10 high school juniors as Gerald M. Quiat Delegates to ADL’s National Youth Leadership Mission.  This diverse group of students from across Colorado participates in a year-long program that included a trip to Washington, D.C. this past November.  Delegates joined with an incredibly diverse group of students from around the

  The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region marked the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 18 by participating in Denver’s annual MLK Day Marade and celebration. More than 30 ADL Board members, Civil Rights Committee members and community partners gathered at ADL’s offices to reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and then