Denver, April 11, 2014….The Mountain States Office of the Anti-Defamation League designated 49 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, Evergreen, Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland attended the designation ceremony in Aurora on April
On Monday, April 7, Colorado Legislators and members of the community took time to focus on remembering the Holocaust. Sponsored by Representatives Paul Rosenthal and Bob Gardner and Senators Jessie Ulibarri and Larry Crowder, House Joint Resolution 14-1015, “Concerning the Declaration of April 28-May 4, 2014 as Holocaust Awareness Week,” was read in both Chambers. In addition to
Denver, CO, April 1, 2014 …The total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States fell by 19 percent in 2013, continuing a decade-long downward slide and marking one of the lowest levels of incidents reported by the Anti-Defamation League since it started keeping records in 1979. Anti-Semitic incidents in Colorado mirror the national trend, decreasing from 13 in 2012
Why Marriage Matters Colorado, the broad coalition working to remove discrimination from Colorado’s constitution and secure the freedom to marry for all committed couples, announced this past weekend that several key civil rights and community leaders publicly support marriage equality for all Colorado families. The list of leaders announcing their support for the freedom to marry includes Mountain States
On March 11, 2014, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Board Chair Andrea Shpall testified on behalf of ADL against a bill introduced in the Colorado legislature that would have made abortion illegal from the moment of conception. Following spirited testimony from proponents and opponents of the bill, lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee defeated the measure with a 9-2 vote.
