Responding to reports that a group of anti-Israel protestors tried to silence an Israeli speaker at the University of Denver, shouting insults and disrupting the presentation, Bruce H. DeBoskey, Mountain States Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League issued the following statement: We are dismayed and disturbed by the undemocratic, bullying and confrontational tactics used by protestors to try to disrupt
On February 15, the Platte County (Wyoming) School Board refused to reconsider its decision to remove No Place for Hate® banners from its schools because they contained the logo of the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, one of the initiative’s primary sponsors. At its previous meeting on January 18, the Board had voted 4-3 to remove the banners, which
The Anti-Defamation League has requested an opportunity to address the school board in Wheatland, WY at its next public meeting on February 15th, urging the board to reverse its decision to prohibit banners for ADL’s No Place For Hate® program. The Platte County School District #1 Board of Trustees voted 4-3 in January to remove banners for the Anti-Defamation League‘s
Responding to reports of a viral video parodying the Colorado gubernatorial race with scenes depicting Adolph Hitler, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) decried the invocation of Hitler for political purposes. Bruce H. DeBoskey, ADL Mountain States Regional Director, issued the following statement: “ADL is disheartened to see Adolph Hitler’s image and persona invoked to make a political statement in the Colorado
After the Platte County School Board decided this week that two district schools could not display banners earned through participation in the Anti-Defamation League’s No Place for Hate® program because the banners contained the name of the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado, one of the program sponsors, the Anti-Defamation League stopped the program in the District. In a letter
