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A publication of the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Regional Office Serving Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming Dateline Since 1913: “To stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Join ADL for the 2019 No Place for Hate® Celebration Breakfast! Little Rock Nine member Carlotta Walls LaNier to speak! Deadline approaching! elebrate the incredible work of schools creating inclusive, respectful Ccommunities at this year’s No Place for Hate® Celebration Breakfast on Friday, April 12, 2019 at 8:00 am. To get your tickets and for information about sponsorship opportunities, visit our website: www.adl.org/ celebration2019. Registration deadline is April 5. Join ADL’s Mountain States Region in celebrating the 11th year of our No Place for Hate Initiative and be part of the celebration as special banners are presented to each school in recognition of their hard work to create inclusive and respectful school communities. Civil rights champion Carlotta Walls LaNier, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and member of the Little Rock Nine, will be the keynote speaker. Winners of ADL’s Student Art Contest will also be recognized for their meaningful pieces. Carlotta Walls LaNier Ticket proceeds and sponsorships benefit youth-led initiatives to promote respect and address all forms of bias and bullying. When schools are safer and more inclusive, students are better able to thrive academically and socially. l White Supremacist Propaganda Soars in 2018 SPRING 2019 hite supremacists dramatically stepped up their propaganda efforts targeting neighborhoods and Wcampuses in 2018, according to ADL’s Center on Extremism. Colorado ranked third in the U.S., behind California and Texas, for the highest number of propaganda distributions. Recently released data from ADL shows white supremacists’ propaganda efforts increased INSIDE 182 percent, with 1,187 distributions across the U.S. in 2018, up from 421 total incidents reported in 2017. ADL tracked at least 72 propaganda distributions in Colorado in 2018, including distributions on Civil Rights Awards 2 13 college campuses across the state. There were at least 16 propaganda distributions in Wyoming, Words to Action Empowers according to the report. There were no reported incidents in New Mexico in 2018. Students 2 Continued on page 2 Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program 3 NextGen 360 4 Student Art Contest 5 Donor Recognition 6 No Place for Hate® 12 Individuals associated with Identity Evropa gathered in Denver’s Civic Center Park in November 2018. White Supremacist ADL Honors Civil Rights Champions Propaganda Soars Continued from page 1 DL’s 2019 Civil Rights Awards Reception on February 20 honored community Aleaders and tireless civil rights advocates Hans Meyer, Qusair Mohamedbhai “Posting fliers is a tried-and-true and Judy and Dennis Shepard. The reception was attended by over 250 guests and tactic for hate groups that allows them took place at the Chambers Grant Salon at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. to spread hateful ideas and stoke fear The winners of ADL’s Summer Associate Research Program — David Fox and Matt and alarm in a community,” said ADL McKissick from Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck and Rachael Collins and Francis Mountain States Regional Director Scott Mascarenhas from Hogan Lovells — were also recognized. This year’s event co-chairs Levin. “The increased activity of white were John Chanin, Jordan Linkow, Sacha Millstone and Adam Ross. supremacists in the region is alarming Governor Jared and disturbing as their hateful messages Polis joined the gathering are often weaponized to target particular to congratulate the groups of people on college campuses honorees and reflect on and in our community.” the changes in Colorado The number of racist rallies and and US society that demonstrations also rose nationwide last enabled him to attain year, although on a more modest scale. the highest office in At least 91 white supremacist rallies or the state. ADL Regional other public events attended by white Director Scott Levin supremacists were held in 2018, up from shared Dr. Martin Luther 76 the previous year, with hate groups in- King’s reminder that “the creasingly employing “flash mob” tactics arc of the moral universe to avoid advance publicity and scrutiny. is long, but it bends ADL monitored three events in Colorado, towards justice.” Levin including a gathering of more than 35 noted that these are individuals associated with Identity challenging times and it Evropa on Nov. 10, 2018 at Eldorado L-R: 2019 ADL Civil Rights Awards Honorees Qusair is necessary for all of us, Mohamedbhai, Judy Shepard, Dennis Shepard and Hans Meyer Canyon State Park and again on Nov. 11, working together, to lean 2018 in Denver’s Civic Center Park behind into the arc and push as hard as we can to ensure it does bend towards justice. a banner stating, “Defend the Rockies/ For more information about the honorees and to view event photos, please visit End Immigration.” mountainstates.adl.org. l ADL’s Center on Extremism has gathered the 2018 data on ADL’s H.E.A.T. Map, an interactive online tool that Words to Action allows users to geographically chart empowers students to stand up to anti-Semitism white supremacist incidents and events n 2018, a record 800 students participated in ADL’s Words to Action program nationally and regionally. The propaganda throughout the Mountain States Region, including Colorado, New Mexico and included everything from veiled white I Wyoming. The program equips students with constructive and effective responses supremacist language to explicitly racist to stand up to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias in high schools, on college images and words, often featured a campuses, at summer camps and more. This year, participants in several programs, recruitment element, and frequently including at BBYO’s International Convention held in February at the Colorado targeted minority groups, including Jews, Convention Center, were trained in skills to respond to anti-Semitism and hate in a Blacks, Muslims, immigrants and the variety of settings. LGBTQ community. l A new generous grant from Rose Community Foundation will also support a longitudinal study and the creation of a Words to Action internship at ADL. Words Colorado ranked third in the to Action is also supported by the Norton Bain Family Foundation, the Zeff Kesher U.S. for the highest number of Foundation and other donors. To learn more about the program or to schedule a training, please contact ADL Senior Associate Director Sue Parker Gerson at white supremacist propaganda 303-830-7177. distributions in 2018. ADL Mountain States Regional Board Member and Words to Action Facilitator Scott Esserman with participants at the Dismantling Modern Day Anti-Semitism LEADS program at the recent BBYO International Convention in Denver. 2 ADL Dateline • Spring 2019 mountainstates.adl.org • 303-830-7177 • Support us today! ADL’s 38th Annual Governor’s Your Star Will Holocaust Remembrance Program Shine Forever to feature Holocaust survivor Gene Klein in conversation with his daughter Dr. Jill Klein ince 1913, ADL has been confronting and Scalling out hate in all its forms. Be it anti- DL’s Mountain States Region will host its 38th Annual Governor’s Semitism or any other form of bias, ADL aims AHolocaust Remembrance Program from 6-7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 2 at a spotlight into the darkest corners of our Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St. in Denver. The program is one of the largest society, both here and around the world, for all in the United States and allows Coloradans of all faiths to come together to see. ADL’s vigilance and diligence remains as to honor Holocaust survivors, remember those who perished, educate the important as ever. community about this horrible crime against humanity and translate those ADL’s Mountain States Region is excited to lessons into contemporary action. partner with Rose Community Foundation and Free tickets are available at support.adl.org/ghrp2019 or by calling the Harold Grinspoon 303-830-2425. Foundation to The 2019 program features Holocaust Survivor Gene Klein and his participate in the Life Someday, your star daughter, Dr. Jill Klein. In 1944 at the age of 16, Gene and his family were & Legacy: Insuring may shine over a Jewish Futures deported from their home in world without hate. Hungary to the Auschwitz- program. Through Birkenau concentration training, support and camp in Poland. With monetary incentives, an abundance of luck, a Life & Legacy motivates Jewish organizations resilient mindset, and a throughout Denver to secure legacy gifts. powerful will to live, Gene If you have already made a legacy gift to managed to survive until his ADL, thank you. If not, you should know that liberation by Soviet soldiers your legacy gift to ADL will ensure that our work at the end of World War II. continues uninterrupted. ADL will not rest until Gene’s story is captured in our society is fully inclusive, appreciative of We Got the Water: Tracing differences and safe for all. My Family’s Path through Someday, your star may well shine over a Dr. Jill Klein, Gene Klein Auschwitz, written by his world without hate. Until that time comes, we daughter Jill. Gene is a frequent media contributor as an expert on resilience depend on righteous supporters to enable us to and a witness to the Holocaust. Jill is a professor, dividing her time between fight the good fight. Melbourne Business School and Melbourne Medical School in Australia. Join us. Make sure your ideals burn bright The program includes a memorial ceremony and has traditionally featured a now and forever. Call ADL Development Director special Message to Colorado from the Governor. Winners of ADL’s “A Tribute Michael Rudnick at 720-799-9675 and learn how to Moral Courage” student essay contest will also be recognized.