As we move into the new year, please accept our wishes for a healthy, happy new year full of sweetness, respect and love, and devoid of trouble, hate and floodwaters! Events of the past year remind us just how vital the Anti-Defamation League, the work we do together and the work you support so generously is of utmost importance. We
Nearly 30 summer associates from ten law firms began the Summer Associates Research Project (SARP) with a kickoff breakfast headlined by Jean and Jerry Moore Southwest Civil Rights Counsel Cheryl Drazin. Cheryl spoke about the history of ADL, the importance of its work in general, and the significance of the work the summer associates would be doing. “I wanted them
More than 300 people attended the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) 2015 Walter Kase Teacher Excellence Awards luncheon, which honored three Region IV educators for their outstanding efforts to create a school atmosphere that promotes respect for and understanding of diversity. The event also remembered its namesake, beloved speaker and Houston Holocaust survivor Walter Kase, who passed away earlier this year. ADL
Nine Houston law firms will be participating in the Southwest Region’s Summer Associate Research Project (SARP) which involves the firms’ summer associates researching cases and topics for ADL. Every year, ADL provides participating law firms with the topics to be considered, and the firms select what they will have their summer associates research. The associates then prepare a written memorandum
ADL Southwest Regional Director Martin B. Cominsky has sent an e-mail to area clergy, asking them to support Texas Believes, an effort to convince legislators to reject bills that would limit full religious freedom for all Texans. Below is a copy of that e-mail, with a link to Texas Believes. Dear Friends, Since its inception, ADL has been committed to
