Initiatives

ADL Student Essay Contest: A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice

A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice Student Essay Contest 2024 ESSAY CONTEST IS BACK!! Submissions due March 29, 2024 ADL’s A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice student essay contest inspires educators, students and families/caregivers to research moral courage to find the very best in humanity! We all need the motivation to remember those ordinary

Robert B. Sturm Leadership Fellows Program

Affiliated with ADL’s Glass Leadership Institute (GLI) and supported locally by the generosity of philanthropist Robert B. Sturm, this program engages Sturm Fellows in the substantive issues of ADL’s mission, “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all” including civil rights, advocacy, extremism, education and more. The program provides Sturm Fellows the

Accepting Applications Now! ADL Mountain States Internships – Fall 2023 and Spring 2024

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, COLLEGE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS: The ADL Mountain States Region’s Internship Program provides professional development training for college and graduate school students seeking real-life experience in the non-profit sector. ADL internships are now paid positions.  Under certain circumstances and in cooperation with the intern’s academic institution, interns have the opportunity to receive college credit and/or community service

Catholic Jewish Dialogue

For more than 35 years, ADL has sponsored a Catholic/Jewish Dialogue to bring together Roman Catholics and Jews to talk and listen to one another, discuss differences and similarities and encourage understanding of and respect for each other’s beliefs. The group also works to develop relationships that will help address issues that may arise in the Catholic and/or Jewish communities.

Government Affairs Committee

The Government Affairs Committee advocates for ADL’s policy agenda at the local, state and national level, by writing letters, meeting with government and elected officials, and testifying before legislative bodies. It also presents candidate and issue forums before elections.