The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed deep concern over coordinated anti-Muslim marches that are slated to take place in at least twenty states across the country on Saturday June 10.  ADL joined more than 100 groups to urge Mayors where the rallies are taking place to disavow these marches, and sent a letter directly to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. The

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply troubled by Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s signing of House Bill 3859 into law. This legislation empowers private child placing agencies to discriminate on the basis of religious or moral beliefs. Dayan Gross, ADL Southwest Regional Director issued the following statement: “This law has the potential to force taxpayers to fund discrimination where a child

As the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents finds U.S. incidents surging more than one-third in 2016 and spiking 86% in the first quarter of 2017, ADL’s Southwest Region, based in Houston, reports similar increases. The Southwest Region received reports of 16 incidents in 2016 and more than 25 incidents by mid-March of 2017, marking a 50 percent

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is concerned about an uptick in hate-related incidents in the Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery County areas in the past week, and encourages residents to report such incidents to law enforcement and ADL. “There has been a disturbing uptick in the number of apparent hate incidents since the Presidential election,” said ADL  Southwest Regional Director Dayan

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was dismayed to learn of the hateful graffiti left on the school property of Memorial High School. ADL supported the principal of the school and Spring Branch ISD officials as they addressed the situation and worked to assure that students know Memorial High School is a safe, inclusive and respectful environment in which to learn. ADL