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U.S. White Supremacist Propaganda Incidents Reach Historic Levels in 2023 – Colorado Activity Up 39%

Colorado ranks #12 the United States with 227 total incidents – up 39% from 2022 record.   White supremacist propaganda distribution reached historic levels across the United States in 2023, with a total of 7,567 incidents, a 12-percent increase from 2022, according to the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism’s annual assessment released today. Colorado saw 227 total incidents of

ACLU of Colorado and ADL Mountain States Condemn Act of Vandalism at Martin Luther King Jr. Statue

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 22, 2024 ACLU OF COLORADO CONTACT: Erica Tinsley, Interim Director of Communications, etinsley@aclu-co.org, 720-402-3167   The vandalism of the Martin Luther King Jr. Monument in Denver’s City Park is a heinous affront to our community and the legacies of those who struggled for the civil rights of Black, Brown and Indigenous communities. The desecration of this

Jewish Community Relations Council Responds to Anti-Israel Claims

(DENVER, November 27, 2023) – The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), part of JEWISHcolorado, is responding to repeated calls by anti-Israel groups to negatively impact the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Global Conference taking place in Denver Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2023. Read the full statement here, or below.   The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is an organization that includes representatives of 40

ADL Deeply Disturbed by Colorado State Lawmaker’s Disruption of Special Legislative Session

  Denver, CO, November 21, 2023 … The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is deeply disturbed that a Colorado state lawmaker attempted to redirect debate on a summer food program for students into a monologue on the Israel-Hamas war and then shouted down a Jewish member of the legislature attempting to respond to her remarks.   Colorado State Representative Elisabeth

Jewish Community Responds to Video of Imam’s Lesson to Young Students that Includes Antisemitic Tropes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Jewish Community Responds to Video of Imam’s Lesson to Young Students that Includes Antisemitic Tropes Denver CO, October 27, 2023 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), The Colorado Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), and the Rocky Mountain Rabbis and Cantors (RMRC) express serious concern about a lesson taught by a Colorado Imam seen on video teaching young children