With terrorists targeting journalists and police, the traditional champions of our constitutional freedoms, and grand jury decisions on allegations of police brutality prompting protests, civil rights are on top of everyone’s mind these days. That’s why the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) Women’s Initiative brings National Civil Rights Director Deborah Lauter to Houston February 18 to discuss:  “The Fierce Urgency of Now:

  ADL’s Southwest Region will present a Centennial Hate Crimes Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 17 at the state Capitol in Austin, featuring a former Department of Justice prosecutor, ADL’s National Civil Rights Director, a U.S. attorney and Austin’s Police Chief. Keynote Speaker Professor Mark Kappelhoff teaches at the University of Minnesota School of Law, and