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ADL National Civil Rights Director Discusses “The Fierce Urgency of Now”

The title of Anti-Defamation League (ADL) National Civil Rights Director Deborah Lauter’s speeches to ADL’s Women’s Initiative and Board captures in five words what ADL is up against every single day: the fierce urgency of now. Hatred, bigotry and bias wax and wane, but almost every day, ADL works to proactively stop hate before it starts, or ADL has to

Book by ADL Leaders Focuses on Dangers of Cyberhate

The Internet has not only changed the world, it has provided a means of instant communication, and information sharing.  But like most tools, it can be used for good or evil.  A new book by ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman and attorney and ADL National Civil Rights Committee Chair Christopher Wolf examines the scope and dangers of hate on

Arson Investigators Receive ADL Hate Crimes Training

Nearly 50 arson investigators, firefighters, and law enforcement officers participated in a hate crimes training session presented by ADL in San Antonio.  The session, which covered hate crime laws, hate crime victims, reporting hate crimes and how to recognize the signs, symbols and tattoos of people who act on their hate, lasted four hours and provided continuing education credit for the

ADL Presents Centennial Hate Crimes Conference

  ADL’s Southwest Region will present a Centennial Hate Crimes Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 17 at the state Capitol in Austin, featuring a former Department of Justice prosecutor, ADL’s National Civil Rights Director, a U.S. attorney and Austin’s Police Chief. Keynote Speaker Professor Mark Kappelhoff teaches at the University of Minnesota School of Law, and