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ADL Mountain States Region 2020 Impact

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

Hate Crime Reports Surge Across Mountain States Region in 2019

  The number of reported hate crimes spiked in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming in 2019, according to the FBI’s annual hate crime report released on Monday. In Colorado, the number of reported incidents increased by 74 percent between 2018 and 2019. In New Mexico, the increase was 79 percent. After zero incidents were reported in Wyoming in 2018, the

One Year Later: Plot to Bomb Pueblo’s Temple Emanuel

November marks one year since the FBI arrested Richard Holzer for plotting to bomb Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, CO. ADL welcomed last month’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that Holzer had pled guilty to federal hate crime and other charges. ADL Mountain States Regional Director Scott Levin thanked the law enforcement agencies involved in the arrest and

Mountain States Spotlight with ADL Intern Kelsey Grim

The ADL Mountain States Region welcomes Kelsey Grim as a 2020-21 intern! Kelsey will be working remotely with the Mountain States team and is also participating in two national research projects. Born and raised in Denver, CO, Kelsey is very excited about the opportunity to intern with ADL Mountain States Region and get more involved with the community she calls