This Spring, the ADL Mountain States Region has actively supported bills that enhance anti-discrimination laws in Colorado, opposed bills that sought to curtail Coloradans’ civil rights and is working to introduce Holocaust and Genocide studies in public schools throughout the state. ADL has worked with an extensive network of coalition partners, including the Jewish Community Relations Council, to introduce House
In February, the ADL Mountain States Region was host to 44 board members and supporters that journeyed to the American South on a Civil Rights Mission to historical sites in Georgia and Alabama. Beginning in Atlanta and continuing on to Montgomery, Selma and Birmingham, the group visited several locations to learn more about slavery, the civil rights movement and current activism aimed at supporting the African American
As the midpoint of the 2020 Colorado legislative session approaches, the Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region has actively supported bills that enhance anti-discrimination laws in Colorado and has opposed bills that sought to curtail Coloradans’ civil rights. ADL joined coalition partners and community advocates in opposing a slate of six anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in the Colorado legislature. One of the
The ADL Mountain States Region will honor the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) and Emma Shinn, Esq., Co-Founder and Past Executive Director of the Colorado Name Change Project at its 2020 Civil Rights Awards Reception. ADL will also recognize the winners of the Summer Associate Research Program Memo Competition: Jordan Cohen and David Willner (Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck) and
ADL Mountain States Regional Director Scott Levin testified in Casper this month before the Wyoming Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about hate crimes in Wyoming and across the country. “Hate crimes are message crimes. It is necessary to provide training to and mandate reporting by law enforcement, and it is past time for Wyoming to
