A controversial anti-refugee vigilante group, formed in Finland, known as the Soldiers of Odin, has found a welcome home in the United States, including in Colorado. Soldiers of Odin USA held its first formal “patrol” in a Denver suburb in March and more are on the way. Read more about Soldiers of Odin USA and its anti-immigrant, anti- Muslim and
Residents of the Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood in southeast Denver woke up on April 26th to see that their neighborhood had been blanketed with anti-Semitic, racist and other offensive graffiti overnight. According to police reports, more than 30 vehicles, as well as at least one home, neighborhood streets and additional property, were vandalized. Upon learning of the incident, the Anti-Defamation
Denver, CO, March 1, 2016…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) opposes a bill before the Colorado General Assembly that would allow business owners and individuals to claim that their religious beliefs permit them to refuse to follow laws that they do not like, including critical non-discrimination laws. The bill, House Bill 1180, will be heard before the House State, Veterans and Military
Denver, CO, November 19, 2015 … A diverse group of students from across the country, including ten competitively selected Gerald M. Quiat Delegates from Colorado, have just returned from a significant experience in applying lessons learned from the Holocaust to their own lives in order to lead the fight against bigotry and hate in their respective communities at the Anti-Defamation
Denver, CO, November 16, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the release of the FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report which showed a decline in hate crimes reported nationally, including in Colorado. While the data shows a mixed trend in the Mountain States Region, the publication of this data is an invaluable tool to understand the
