Wrabel Wows ADL Audience on Webinar
Singer, Songwriter Wrabel entertained and informed participants in an ADL Southwest Region webinar where he discussed growing up in Houston and going to Kinkaid, becoming a songwriter, coming out as gay, and how he feels about the state of the world today. In an hour-long session that also included performances of his songs “11 Blocks,” “The Village,” and “Ten FeetAudit of Antisemitic Incidents: Year in Review 2019
In 2019, ADL recorded 2,107 antisemitic incidents in the United States, the largest number since tracking began in 1979. Read the report to get the full story.ADL Women’s Initiative Women’s Summit 2020 A Slam Dunk
ADL’s Women’s Initiative Summit on International Women’s Day, March 8, featured six powerful female panelists, a skilled moderator, and an attentive audience of 200 participants, including students from several area high schools and the Boys and Girls Clubs. ADL’s Women’s Initiative Summit on International Women’s Day, March 8, featured six powerful female panelists, a skilled moderator, and an attentive audience2020 Houston in Concert Against Hate: The Magic of ADL
Help ADL make hate disappear by joining us at Houston in Concert Against Hate: The Magic of ADL, featuring NBC’s America’s Got Talent-Winning Magician Mat Franco. The doors of Revention Music Center open to the general public at 7:30 p.m. April 30. For more information, e-mail Bailey Player.From Hate to Hope Features Holocaust Survivor and Grandmother of Dancing Star
The first lecture in ADL’s From Hate to Hope series featured Vera Levitskaya, the grandmother of Dancing with the Stars’ Dmitry Chaplin, who told her story of surviving a mass execution in Ukraine during the Holocaust. Vera was only 11 years old when she was marched by Nazis to a massive pit outside her shtetl of Hashevatoe. The Nazis hadNEWS
ADL Coalition for Mutual Respect Prays We Can Move Forward Peacefully and Constructively Following George Floyd’s Murder
ADL Coalition for Mutual Respect Prays We Can Move Forward Peacefully and Constructively Following George Floyd’s Murder ADL’s Coalition for Mutual Respect was founded in 1995 for religious and community leaders to speak out with a unified voice and provide leadership in the fight against prejudice, bias, and hate. Millions in this country have spoken with raised voices to condemn
ADL Commends Gov. Abbott for denouncing racist posts by GOP Party chairs: calls on party officials to address systemic racism
Dallas, Texas, June 8, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today commended Texas Governor Greg Abbott for denouncing racist posts by several Texas Republican County Chairs, but also called on the governor to take concrete measures, using input from the African American community, to address institutional racism in his party and beyond after nearly a dozen social posts of the
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Wrabel Wows ADL Audience on Webinar
Singer, Songwriter Wrabel entertained and informed participants in an ADL Southwest Region webinar where he discussed growing up in Houston and going to Kinkaid, becoming a songwriter, coming out as gay, and how he feels about the state of the world today. In an hour-long session that also included performances of his songs “11 Blocks,” “The Village,” and “Ten Feet
An Open Letter from Mark Toubin
Dear ADL Southwest Community, A perhaps unfortunate habit I’ve developed in the technological age is checking the news on my phone as soon as I wake up. The morning after Memorial Day I viewed the video which literally set our nation on fire. Still in bed, I watched the first few horrifying minutes wondering if I was in fact, awake.
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2020 Houston in Concert Against Hate: The Magic of ADL
Help ADL make hate disappear by joining us at Houston in Concert Against Hate: The Magic of ADL, featuring NBC’s America’s Got Talent-Winning Magician Mat Franco. The doors of Revention Music Center open to the general public at 7:30 p.m. April 30. For more information, e-mail Bailey Player.
ADL Women’s Initiative: International Women’s Day
Join ADL’s Women’s Initiative for a Houston Rockets Game, networking and panel discussion about the power of women on International Women’s Day. We are excited to gather leaders from our diverse community to recognize women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias, and take action for equality. 3:30-4:00 p.m.: Registration and Networking 4:00-5:45 p.m.: International Women’s Day Summit Speakers: Laurel D’Antoni, Amber