A publication of the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States Regional Office Serving Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming Dateline 80 Years of Fighting Hate Join ADL for the 40th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program, Virtual in 2021 or the 40th year, ADL’s Mountain FStates Region will host its Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program, one of the largest such events in the United States. The 2021 program will be offered virtually on Zoom on Thursday, April 8 — Yom Ha’Shoah — at 5:30 pm. Information and registration: adl.org/GHRP2021. Email us at [email protected] to add your organization to our list of community partners. The annual program allows people of all faiths to come together to honor Holocaust survivors, remember those who SPRING 2021 perished, educate the community about this horrible crime against humanity and Holocaust Survivor Judith Altman speaks to students at The translate those lessons into contemporary Human Rights Institute for High School Student Leaders in 2016. Photo credit: Will Landin action. This year’s featured speaker is Holocaust Survivor Judith Altmann. Judy was born in INSIDE Jasina, Czechoslovakia in 1924. Jasina was invaded by the Nazis in 1939 and in 1944, Judy was arrested and, along with her entire family, taken to Auschwitz. Out of 24 family members, only Celebrate No Place for Hate 2 she and her niece and nephew survived. Judy was selected Wyoming Legislature 3 by Dr. Mengele for forced labor where, despite a catastrophic 2020 Milestones 3 injury, she remained until March 1945. Judy survived the Celebrating 80 Years 4 The annual program 150-mile “death march” that ended in the Bergen Belsen con- allows people of centration camp. Sick with typhus, Judy was barely alive when Message from the Chair and Director 5 all faiths to come she was liberated by the British Army in 1945. After living for together to honor a short time in Sweden, Judy immigrated to the United States Mountain States Spotlight 5 Holocaust survivors. in 1948. Judy is a member of the Holocaust & Human Rights Donor Recognition 6 Education Speakers Bureau and is Vice President of the Student Art Contest 12 Holocaust Child Survivors of Connecticut. l It’s Time to Celebrate our Schools and No Place for Hate April 22, 2021 AVE THE DATE! Join the ADL Mountain States SRegion on April 22, 2021 at 5 pm MT for a virtual celebration as our 2020-2021 No Place for Hate (NPFH) schools receive their banners and No Place for Hate designations. Educators, students and families have worked hard with remarkable Words to Action creativity through a year of constant change in order to continue their commitment Empowers Students to to creating welcoming, safe and inclusive school communities. We are excited to Stand Up to Antisemitism bring together art, music and poetry while showcasing NPFH excellence. Registration coming soon; visit mountainstates.adl.org to learn more. and Bias Here are some of the voices of our incredible school communities reflecting on the NPFH experience: ith antisemitism and anti-Israel “As a parent and teacher, I want my child to learn about kindness, about inclusion, bias at the highest levels in recent W and about how everyone is unique. She has been able to learn these through our years, ADL is responding by equipping activities in NPFH. Being a part of NPFH has been an amazing experience, and to see students with constructive and effective my daughter grow as a caring person has been rewarding.” —Parent and Teacher; tools to stand up to these challenges Elementary School, Douglas County School District in high schools, on college campuses, “No Place for Hate is important to our high school community, especially while at summer camps, synagogues and facing the challenges that a national pandemic brings to education, because now, more more with its signature Words to Action than ever, people need to feel safe, connected, accepted and respected.” program. The pandemic has not slowed —Assistant Principal, Aurora Public Schools down this critical initiative, which has “I believe that No Place for Hate is important moved to a virtual space for the current for the entire community including those in NPFH. “Since I joined NPFH, program year with dozens of trainings NPFH spreads the message that schools and other I have felt better about empowering students to stand up for activities don’t tolerate bullying. It also helps spread myself and it has themselves and act as allies for others. other messages about helping people and teaching taught me that helping To learn more about Words to people to feel good about themselves and who they Action, to schedule a training or to offer people and having are (including those in NPFH). Since I joined NPFH, financial support for the program, please compassion only has a I have felt better about myself and it has taught me contact ADL Senior Associate Director positive impact on the that helping people and having compassion only have Sue Parker Gerson at mountainstates@ a positive impact on the community.” —7th grade community.” adl.org. l student, Boulder Valley School District l Action Alert: ADL’S Protect Plan https://www.adl.org/protectplan n response to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the increasing threat Iof domestic terrorism, ADL has just announced PROTECT, a comprehensive plan to address this ever-present danger while protecting the civil liberties of all Americans. Together, the actions in this plan should significantly help prevent and counter domestic terrorism — more so than any one policy or law. Learn more: https://www.adl.org/protectplan Sign the petition now! 2 ADL Dateline • Spring 2021 mountainstates.adl.org • 303-830-7177 • 80 Years of Fighting Hate It’s Time to Celebrate our Hate crime bill introduced 2020 Milestones Schools and No Place for Hate in Wyoming 1,100 law enforcement April 22, 2021 professionals from 47 regional n March 2, Wyoming lawmakers introduced Wyoming is one of agencies participated in ADL trainings, Oa bill to address bias-motivated crimes in the three remaining states helping them to fight extremism and build state. The introduction comes after several months with no laws against trust with the communities they serve. of work by ADL and coalition partners to advance bias-motivated crimes a bias-motivated crimes law, commonly referred to 81,000 students in 94 as a hate crime law. on its books. schools in Colorado, Wyoming and Wyoming is one of three remaining states New Mexico engaged in No Place for with no laws against bias-motivated crimes on its Hate®, ADL’s anti-bias and anti-bullying books. Last summer, after Georgia passed a hate crimes law, a group of businesses and initiative. advocacy groups, including ADL, began meeting to chart a course forward in Wyoming. The Freedom From Hate Coalition, which is leading the efforts, now has 30 members in Over 1,000 community addition to ADL. members joined ADL online Wyoming’s bias-motivated crimes bill is sponsored by Representative Patrick during Holocaust Remembrance Week, Sweeney, a Republican from Casper. There are 13 additional co-sponsors of the including the virtual Governor’s Holocaust bi-partisan legislation. The bill would apply to offenders who target victims because of Remembrance Program. their actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity More than 300 requests or expression, or physical, for assistance — twice the prior intellectual or develop- number — from individuals and institu- mental disability. The bill tions targeted by antisemitism, racism, also requires that law homophobia and other acts of hate enforcement share reports were responded to by ADL. on hate crimes and receive training on bias-motivated Over 1,000 students across crimes. A hearing before the region were empowered by ADL’s the Wyoming House Words to Action program to respond to Judiciary Committee is Wyoming State Capitol, Cheyenne, WY. antisemitism, anti-Israel bias and other expected before the end of Photo credit: www.wyoleg.gov. forms of bigotry. the legislative session. In addition to the bias-motivated crimes bill in Wyoming, ADL is also actively 23 partner organizations monitoring and working on legislation in New Mexico and Colorado. In New Mexico, participate in the Hate Free Colorado ADL is closely monitoring legislation to ensure access to abortion and to reform coalition led by ADL, responding collabor- policing in the state. In Colorado, ADL is working on a host of bills related to reproduc- atively to incidents of hate and promoting l tive health care, immigration and non-discrimination. the safety of vulnerable communities. Freedom From Hate Coalition Partners in Wyoming (As of March 8, 2021) American Airlines, Inc. NAACP Unit 4108 (Cheyenne Branch) Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region Petroleum Association of Wyoming Empowerment. AT&T Salesforce Bicycle Station (Cheyenne, Wyo.) Sikh Coalition Engagement. Cody Country Chamber of Commerce Sunlight Sports (Cody, Wyo.) Cody High School Youth For Justice Swire Coca-Cola, USA Participation. Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company Building trust. Expedia Group The Home Depot Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Toyota Motor North America Fighting extremism. Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Union Pacific Railroad IBM Corporation United Parcel Service (UPS) Keurig Dr Pepper Walmart, Inc. Matthew Shepard Foundation Wyoming Business Alliance Microsoft Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence MilliporeSigma and Sexual Assault NAACP CO-MT-WY State Conference Wyoming Equality mountainstates.adl.org • 303-830-7177 • 80 Years of Fighting Hate ADL Dateline • Spring 2021 3 Build Your Legacy ADL Celebrates 80 Years in DL is excited to continue its the Mountain States Region partnership with Rose Community A n 1941, a dedicated group of community leaders — led by Col.