In 1941, a dedicated group of community 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
Wyoming lawmakers tabled a bill last week that would have created a bias-motivated crimes law in the state, commonly referred to as a hate crime law. House Bill 218 was postponed indefinitely on March 12 by members of the Wyoming House Judiciary Committee. The bill would have allowed a court to take into account a suspect’s targeting of an
Current research shows that understanding and knowledge about the Holocaust continues to fall while antisemitic and hate incidents continue to rise. In response, the ADL Mountain States Region and the New Mexico Holocaust Museum are excited to announce a new partnership intended to broaden the educational reach of both institutions to students and families in New Mexico. The New
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, or perhaps because of it, 2020 was has been of ADL’s busiest years yet. From responding to hate incidents and discrimination complaints across our three-state region to building coalitions to conducting anti-bias trainings for a record number of students and more, learn how your ADL mountain states team is working tirelessly every day to fight antisemitism
Wyoming is one of just four states without a hate crimes law. A coalition of businesses and community groups, known as Hate Free Wyoming, is hoping to change that reality. The ADL Mountain States Region is working closely with our partners and friends at the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the Hate Free Wyoming coalition to get a bill introduced and
