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ADL Honors the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  ADL’s Mountain States Region marked the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 21 by participating in Denver’s annual MLK Day Marade and celebration. Co-sponsored by The Conflict Center, a gathering at ADL’s offices prior to the Marade was attended by close to 40 ADL Board members, Civil Rights Committee members and community partners who

ADL Provides Security Training for Jewish Institutions Post-Pittsburgh

  The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region hosted a security seminar in partnership with JEWISHcolorado on December 5 to help Jewish institutions review safety and security procedures after the attack on Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. More than 50 representatives from 28 different Jewish institutions along Colorado’s Front Range participated in the training at BMH-BJ Synagogue in Denver. The

Colorado Students Represent ADL at National Youth Leadership Conference

Ten high school juniors from Colorado were selected to be The Gerald M. Quiat Delegates to ADL’s 21st Annual Grosfeld Family National Youth Leadership Mission to Washington, D.C. The students embarked on a journey with ADL to apply lessons learned from the Holocaust to their own lives and lead the fight against bigotry and hate in their respective communities. These ten student delegates

Words to Action Empowers Students to Stand Up to Anti-Semitism

    During the past several months, well over 500 high school and college students have participated in ADL’s Words to Action program throughout the Mountain States Region, including Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. The program equips students with constructive and effective responses to stand up to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias in high schools, on college campuses, at summer camps

Engage and Learn more about December’s Dilemma 

In advance of the upcoming December holidays, ADL’s Mountain States Regional Office is reaching out to superintendents of public school districts throughout Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico with reference guides on how best to handle the upcoming “December Dilemma,” when many different religious holidays are observed, and it can be difficult for public schools to know the best way to