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Connecting Moral Courage of the Past to Students of Today: A Tribute To ADL’s 2016 Moral Courage Student Essay Winners

On May 4, 2016 the winners of this year’s Student Essay Contest – A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice – were recognized as part of ADL’s 35th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program in Denver. This year’s contest was generously underwritten by an anonymous donor. The student essay contest uses the Holocaust as a backdrop for middle and high school students to write about an individual

Gerald M. Quiat Delegates to ADL National Youth Leadership Mission Share Reflections, Projects

The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is proud to have 10 high school juniors as Gerald M. Quiat Delegates to ADL’s National Youth Leadership Mission.  This diverse group of students from across Colorado participates in a year-long program that included a trip to Washington, D.C. this past November.  Delegates joined with an incredibly diverse group of students from around the

Save the Date for Two Remarkable Spring 2016 Events: ArtWorks ADL and ADL’s 35th Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program

The Mountain States office of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will host ArtWorks ADLTM on Tuesday, April 19 and the 35th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program on Wednesday, May 4, 2016.       ArtWorks ADLTM The Mountain States Region is thrilled to announce its spring event, ArtWorks ADL:  Justice, Advocacy & Art™, taking place on April 19, 2016. This fun

Living History: My Trip to Munich and Dachau

  Perhaps you have heard “don’t bite the bait that leads to hate,” a call made popular by Jack Adler, a Colorado resident who survived the Dachau concentration camp, among other camps. On May 3, 2015, I had the privilege of sitting with Jack Adler on the former roll call grounds at Dachau as Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke at a