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ADL Testifies at CO Legislature, helps ensure defeat of legislation intended to fund religious student groups on state campuses

On January 27, 2014, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Board Member Pamela Hirschman  represented ADL and testified against a bill introduced in the Colorado legislature that would have provided state funds to religious student groups on state university and college campuses, even when those groups demonstrated prejudice in selecting their leadership.  Following testimony from proponents and opponents of the bill, lawmakers in

ADL Civil Rights Awards Reception Just Days Away

On Thursday, February 6, the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Office will present its 2014 Civil Rights Awards to Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Mark Ferrandino and Metropolitan State University of Denver and Its Leadership: President Stephen M. Jordan and Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Cohen at a special reception. Spaces are still available for those wishing to attend.

Stephen M. Jordan and Robert Cohen of Metropolitan State University and Speaker Mark Ferrandino to Receive ADL Civil Rights Awards

Denver, January 9, 2014….The Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Office announced today that it will present its 2014 Civil Rights Awards to Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Mark Ferrandino and Metropolitan State University of Denver and Its Leadership: President Stephen M. Jordan and Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Cohen, at a reception on February 6, 2014. “Both Speaker Ferrandino

ADL Issues Open Letter to CO and WY University Presidents: Speak Out Against “Travesty” of ASA Boycott

Denver, CO, December 30, 2013 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Mountain States Region today issued an open letter to the presidents of all the major colleges and universities in Colorado and Wyoming asking that they join with other presidents to speak out against a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions adopted by the American Studies Association (ASA) in December 2013.