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Women’s Rights Are Civil Rights

A Message from the Director This past weekend’s Women’s March in Washington, D.C., Denver and cities throughout the United States and the world highlighted how gender bias continues to create barriers to equal rights for women. At the Anti-Defamation League, we strongly support equal rights for women, including a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body and reproductive

ADL Receives Capacity Building Grant Following Election From Rose Community Foundation

In the uncertain circumstances following the November election, Rose Community Foundation took the unusual step of awarding small, unsolicited grants to past or existing grantees that experienced a real and immediate increased demand for services in the days following the election. The grants of $10,000 each were designed to help organizations that serve populations that now feel or will become

ADL Celebrates 75 Years in Colorado

In 1941, a dedicated group of Colorado Jewish leaders – led by Col. Melvin Schlesinger and including such notables as Lou Isaacson, A.B. Hirschfeld, Max Goldberg, and Emmett Heitler – started a regional office of the Anti-Defamation League in Denver.  Some say it was the first regional office ever organized outside of Chicago, where ADL was founded in 1913, and

August recess visits focus on voting rights, refugee resettlement, Iran

    Board members of the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Region took advantage of a seven-week summer recess by Congress to meet with members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on several critical issues.   ADL Mountain States Board members met with Senator Michael Bennet, Congressman Mike Coffman, Congressman Ed Perlmutter and Congressman Jared Polis. Board members also met with local and