Over 100 civic leaders and community members gathered on February 27 to honor Tim Sweeney and Patricia Barela Rivera, recipients of ADL’s 2013 Civil Rights Awards. Patricia Barela Rivera has spent her career working for greater opportunities for women and minorities. As the first female and first Hispanic District Director for the U.S. Small Business Administration, she assisted small businesses
ADL’s Summer Associate Research Program provides law firm summer associates the opportunity to complete pro bono legal research projects on cutting edge civil rights issues while furthering the mission of the Anti-Defamation League. There is no cost to participate in the program. 2013 is the sixth year of the program in Denver. Under the direction of a supervising attorney, each summer
The Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Region today decried two incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism targeting a Morrison, CO synagogue. In each incident, the vandal(s) defaced a sign in front of the synagogue with one or more swastikas. Scott L. Levin, ADL Mountain States Regional Director, issued the following statement: The Anti-Defamation League condemns in the strongest terms this anti-Semitic vandalism. It
In response to a media report about the vandalism of three downtown Boulder stores with swastikas, the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Region today condemned the vandalism as sending a strong message of hate. Scott L. Levin, ADL Mountain States Regional Director, issued the following statement: The Anti-Defamation League condemns all vandalism, and in particular the use of swastikas. The use
On December 24, 2012, ADL Mountain States Regional Director Scott Levin joined Colorado Muslim Society Imam Karim Abuzaid, Rabbi Joe Black of Temple Emanuel, and Colorado Muslim Society general counsel Qusair Mohamedbhai to support the launch of advertisements on Regional Transportation buses that say “Love Thy Neighbor.” The advertisements, paid for by the Colorado Muslim Society, are in response to
