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Join us in celebrating two civil rights champions in Colorado

The ADL Mountain States Region is pleased to announce the honorees of our 2023 Civil Rights Awards:  human rights advocate Nga Vương–Sandoval and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. They will be recognized at a reception from 5:30-7 p.m. Sept. 13 at The Cable Event Center in Denver. Full details, including tickets and sponsorship opportunities, are at http://www.adl.org/civilrights2023.   Nga Vương–Sandoval

Swastikas drawn on the arms and legs of middle school students

On April 28, a student at Campus Middle School in Cherry Creek School District allegedly drew swastikas on other students’ arms and legs. If that is not troubling enough, they did so after participating in a lesson about the Holocaust, the systematic murder of over six million Jews and five million others. Of the Jews that were killed, one and

ADL’s Holocaust Memorial Candelabra

  Have you ever wondered about the unique candelabra lit each year at ADL’s Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program? Created by Colorado artist Barbara Patrick, the candelabra was chosen as the winner of a contest to create such a piece in the 1990s. It has been displayed at the Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program every year since. David Fell & Company, Inc. completed