Blog Archives

ADL Hosts First Latino/Jewish Seder

ADL hosted a gathering of Latino and Jewish leaders on March 21 for a pre-Passover seder.  Participants used a Haggadah that highlighted our common experiences in a “nation of immigrants.” The seder included traditional elements of telling the Passover story, songs and symbolic foods, and also featured excerpts of works by Cesar Chavez, Maya Angelou and others who wrote about

ADL’s 2013 Legislative Agenda Includes Civil Unions, ASSET, Anti-Discrimination Bills in Colorado

ADL’s legislative efforts have achieved success in 2013! ADL attended the signing ceremony when Governor John Hickenlooper signed Colorado’s civil unions bill into law on March 21.  ADL Mountain States Board Chair Andrea Shpall and ADL LGBT Task Force Chair Melinda Quiat each testified before committees in the Colorado General Assembly in support of the bill that would establish civil

Tim Sweeney, Patricia Barela Rivera Receive ADL Civil Rights Awards

Over 100 civic leaders and community members gathered on February 27 to honor Tim Sweeney and Patricia Barela Rivera, recipients of ADL’s 2013 Civil Rights Awards. Patricia Barela Rivera has spent her career working for greater opportunities for women and minorities.  As the first female and first Hispanic District Director for the U.S. Small Business Administration, she assisted small businesses

ADL Building Holocaust Education Consortium in Wyoming

In partnership with Wyoming educators and Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman of Temple Sinai in Cheyenne, ADL is working to expand Holocaust education in Wyoming.  ADL has provided training and resources to educators in Cheyenne, Laramie and Casper so that they can learn the history of anti-Semitism, listen to first-hand survivor testimonies and leave workshops better equipped to teach the Holocaust to