In response to a Denver Post editorial (“Florence High School broke rules on religion”),  Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Regional Director Scott L. Levin submitted a letter to the editor of the Denver Post on May 28, 2015, stating:   The Post is to be commended for calling reported religious activities at Florence High School that were allegedly encouraged by school officials

Lady Gaga Accepts Award with Inspiring Message for Students Working to Make Their Schools “No Place for Hate”   New York, NY, May 21, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Making a Difference Award was presented today to Born This Way Foundation in recognition of its work championing positive social change. The nonprofit organization – co-founded by Lady Gaga and

In a letter to the Editor  of the Laramie Boomerang newspaper, Mountain States Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Regional Director Scott L. Levin applauded the city council’s passage of an ordinance this week prohibiting the discrimination of the LGBT community in housing, employment and public businesses.   Levin wrote: Laramie City Council’s decision to pass an ordinance that prohibits discrimination against any

Denver, CO, May 8, 2015…The Anti-Defamation League commended the Boulder Police Department and Boulder County Sheriff’s Office for making an arrest in an incident last month in which threatening letters containing white powder were sent to two Boulder Jewish institutions. Mr. Jeffrey Klinkel, age 32, was arrested on two counts each of felony menacing, explosive/biological hoax and interference with an

    Denver, April 29, 2015….The Mountain States Office of the Anti-Defamation League designated 46 schools from across Colorado as No Place for Hate® after the schools completed a year-long effort to create equitable, safe and respectful environments.  Schools from Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Cherry Creek, Colorado Springs, Commerce City, Fort Collins, Greeley, Littleton, Loveland and Thornton attended the designation ceremony