On January 15th, 2016 schools in the Greater Capital District of Upstate New York attended the 12th annual Students Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP) conference; hosted by Siena College and facilitated by the Anti-Defamation League. All together 230 students and 35 Educators from 22 schools were in attendance. The STOP conference is held in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On December 29th, a Jewish family in Hastings on Hudson in Westchester awoke to find swastikas spraypainted on their home. In response, hundreds of community members rallied last night at Temple Beth Shalom in a show of support and to condemn anti-Semitism and bigotry. ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein stood with community leaders, noting “this town won’t
Name: Nicole Julie Gomez ADL Internship: 2005 Profession: Nicole is currently a 7th grade Special Education Teacher at I.S. 219 New Venture Community School The STEAM Academy How did you get involved in ADL? My high school Peace and Diversity Academy was founded by the ADL. Since the beginning of my freshman year my school received Peer Training workshops.
On Wednesday, December 9, The Lawyers Division of the New York Region held its 21st Annual Human Relations Award Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Over 300 members of New York’s legal community gathered to celebrate our honorees, James E. Brandt of Latham & Watkins, Rikki Klieman of CBS News and Barry F. Schwartz of MacAndrews & Forbes.
A diverse group of students from New York embarked on a significant experience to apply lessons learned from the Holocaust to their own lives and lead the fight against bigotry and hate in their respective communities at ADL’s 18th annual Grosfeld Family National Youth Leadership Mission. The mission, which took place from Sunday, November 15 to Wednesday, November 18 in
