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Siblings Macey Reasoner Stokes and Barrett H. Reasoner to Receive the 2025 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award

For the first time ever, siblings will receive ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League’s) Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award.  ADL’s Southwest Region will recognize Macey Reasoner Stokes of Baker Botts L.L.P., and her brother Barrett H. Reasoner of Gibbs & Bruns LLP, with the award at the Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award Luncheon April 1, 2025 at the Hilton Americas Houston, 1600 Lamar

ADL Staff, Board Members Meet With Elected Officials

                    ADL Southwest met with three elected officials in August, making it a busy and productive month of providing policymakers with information about what we do and our resources. Board members Alan Bernstein, Steve Finkelman, Sue Hauenstein, Evan Mintz, Ian Scharfman, Michael Trevino, Josh Zwickl and Glass Leadership Institute Alum Marina

Congregation Or Ami Starts Kulanu with Words to Action

Houston Congregation Or Ami became one of the most recent participants in ADL’s Kulanu program by starting the effort with a Words to Action session. The session helped students and adults learn how to recognize and respond to antisemitism. Kulanu, which means “all of us” in Hebrew, is a program dedicated to empowering congregations to address antisemitism and hate in