As a leading provider of anti-bias education through the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute, the Anti-Defamation League recognizes that attitudes and beliefs affect actions, and that each of us can have an impact on others, and ultimately on the world in which we live. Facilitators from ADL trained a group of sixteen high school students from the Frederick Douglass Academy to become ambassadors
Interfaith/intergroup relations are fundamental and critical to ADL’s dual mission: To stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. These aims, by definition, can only be truly accomplished with the partnerships and mutual respect of other faith communities. That is why ADL’s New York Region was thrilled to host a notable panel
On January 15th, 2016 schools in the Greater Capital District of Upstate New York attended the 12th annual Students Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP) conference; hosted by Siena College and facilitated by the Anti-Defamation League. All together 230 students and 35 Educators from 22 schools were in attendance. The STOP conference is held in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On December 29th, a Jewish family in Hastings on Hudson in Westchester awoke to find swastikas spraypainted on their home. In response, hundreds of community members rallied last night at Temple Beth Shalom in a show of support and to condemn anti-Semitism and bigotry. ADL New York Regional Director Evan Bernstein stood with community leaders, noting “this town won’t
Name: Nicole Julie Gomez ADL Internship: 2005 Profession: Nicole is currently a 7th grade Special Education Teacher at I.S. 219 New Venture Community School The STEAM Academy How did you get involved in ADL? My high school Peace and Diversity Academy was founded by the ADL. Since the beginning of my freshman year my school received Peer Training workshops.
