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ADL National Chair Ben Sax Visits Houston

ADL’s National Chair Ben Sax met with local movers and shakers, spoke about ADL’s work at an insider briefing, met with Southwest Regional staff and spoke at the agency’s May board meeting during a late-May three-day visit to Houston. Sax’s schedule included meetings with some well-known Houston citizens, inluding former Southwest Region Board Chairs and others. His packed itinerary also

Three Educators Receive 2024 Walter Kase Educator Excellence Award

ADL Southwest recognized three Houston-area educators with the 2024 Walter Kase Educator Excellence Award at its May 22 board meeting. Recipients included Tanglewood Middle School Theater Director Nikki Andrews, Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School Counselor Donna Bolden, and Rhodes School for the Performing Arts Counselor LaTonya White.  They were selected based on their years of service as a

Shawn Raymond Receives 2024 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award

More than 860 people saw Shawn Raymond of leading trial law firm Susman Godfrey LLP receive the ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League’s) Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award at the Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award Luncheon April 18. As of the 18th, the luncheon had raised $878,000 for ADL’s Southwest Region. ADL Southwest presents this award annually to an outstanding member of the

2023 Beau and Abe Merfish No Place for Hate® Youth Summit Brings Students Together to Learn About and Celebrate Neurodiversity

On November 2, more than 260 students from 11 Houston-area No Place for Hate® schools met at the flagship location of the Houston Public Library in downtown Houston to celebrate neurodiversity at ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League’s) 2023 Beau and Abe Merfish No Place for Hate® Youth Summit.  This year’s Summit, entitled “Welcoming Differences,” focused on middle school students and educators, and was