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ADL offers security resources, trainings in wake of Charleston shooting

    In the days and weeks after the horrific shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, the Anti-Defamation League reached out to religious and communal institutions across the United States to offer security trainings and resources. In the past several weeks, the Mountain States Region has provided trainings and resources to more than three dozen religious and communal institutions

Know Your Rights! School and Workplace Accommodations for the Jewish High Holidays

Know Your Rights and Obligations Every fall, students and employees who observe the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (“High Holidays”) must resolve scheduling conflicts resulting from their concurrent religious obligations and school or work responsibilities. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) firmly believes that to create welcoming and respectful school and workplace environments, diligent efforts should be made

Ballot measures seek to roll back advances in gay rights

  Less than two weeks after the United States Supreme Court’s historic same-sex marriage ruling, two Coloradans filed proposed ballot measures aimed at rolling back advances in legal protections and equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Coloradans. The first initiative would redefine all marriages in Colorado as civil unions in order to undermine the Supreme Court’s decision that

Mountain States ADL in Action

  Recently, the Mountain States office of the Anti-Defamation League spoke out concerning anti-Israel bus ads in Denver and reports of an “anti-Ramadan” barbecue in Colorado Springs. Commenting on a story by KDVR Fox 31 News that accused Colorado’s RTD, or Regional Transportation District, of applying a double-standard when deciding which ads to accept or reject as it pertained specifically