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Harris County DA Changes Hate Crime Policy Because of ADL

  “We care about hate crimes, and we take them seriously,” said Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson when speaking to ADL’s Southwest Region October board meeting.  In fact, she cares so much about hate crimes, she changed the way the DA’s office deals with them. She told ADL’s board she met with members of the Jewish community as an

Students Learn to Respond to Bullying at ADL’s 2015 Beau and Abe Merfish No Place for Hate® Youth Summit

350 middle school students and 75 educators from No Place for Hate® campuses participated in the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) Beau and Abe Merfish No Place for Hate® Youth Summit October 23 at the South Texas College of Law. The students, from numerous school districts in ADL’s Southwest Region spent all day learning how to recognize bullying, how to prevent it,

Houstonian Marvin Nathan Takes Reins as ADL National Chair

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced the election of Houston attorney and community leader Marvin D. Nathan as its new National Chair. Founder of the law firm Nathan Sommers Jacobs, Mr. Nathan has been actively involved with ADL for more than three decades. He was elected to serve a three-year term as National Chair during ADL’s 2015 annual meeting in Denver,

No Place for Hate® Registration Underway

Registration has begun for participation in the Southwest Region’s No Place for Hate® Initiative for the 2015-2016 school year.   This marks the 15th year of the Initiative in the region, which provides educators and students with the resources to ensure that anti-bias and diversity education are an integral part of the school curriculum. No Place for Hate® also helps to create