Houston, TX, March 28, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) applauds the several businesses, tourism groups and chambers of commerce that signed onto a letter to Texas lawmakers criticizing bills that could greatly harm our state’s economy and reputation, jeopardize thousands of jobs and target the LGBTQ community as well as other groups. Amazon, Apple, Dell, Facebook, HP, PayPal, PepsiCo

Houston, Texas, March 15, 2019 … The ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League’s) Southwest Region expressed heartbreak and sadness about the New Zealand mosque attacks, which confirm that white supremacy is an international terror threat, and that extremists around the world “can inspire others like never before.” “Our hearts are heavy that a terrorist murdered 49 innocent people at two mosques in Christchurch,

October 17, 2018, Houston, Texas–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) applauds the sentence of nearly 25 years given to Marq Vincent Perez, who was found guilty of a hate crime in the burning of the Victoria Islamic Center on January 28, 2017.  Perez was convicted of destroying a religious place of worship, which is a hate crime, and use of a fire

Houston, TX, September 18, 2018…ADL today condemned a reported racist Facebook post by Lynn Redden, superintendent of the Onalaska Independent School District, criticizing Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson.  Redden’s post said, “When you need precision decision making, you can’t count on a Black quarterback.” “The Facebook post by Onalaska Superintendent Lynn Redden is racist, abhorrent, repugnant, and grossly inconsistent with the

Houston, TX, July 17, 2018…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomes the guilty verdict and conviction of a hate crime in the arson of a mosque in Victoria.  A federal jury found Marq Vincent Perez guilty of setting fire to the Victoria Islamic Center on January 28, 2017.  Perez faces up to 20 years in federal prison for destroying a religious place