On Monday, December 18th, ADL Next Generation Outreach Network partnered with the New York Peace Coalition and Peace December as part of their annual celebration of the month of December as a month of peace. Sheikh Musa Drammeh sent us an inspiring message at our Peace December panel event: “If you change one mind, you can change the world. It only takes one person to change the world.” ADL
On January 12th, 2018 schools in the Greater Capital District of Upstate New York attended the 14th annual Students Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP) conference; hosted by Siena College and facilitated by the Anti-Defamation League. All together 240 students and 40 Educators from 30 schools were in attendance. The STOP conference is held in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This month we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most important moral voices of the civil rights movement. We must remember Dr. King’s work every day, but especially today, as we witness a rising tide of hate and normalization of racism and bigotry. We know that tackling the hard issues at home takes partners from all faiths
On December 26, 2017 at City Hall, ADL New York Associate Director Melanie Robbins spoke at an interfaith press conference in support of our partner Sheikh Musa Drammeh, co-founder of the Islamic Leadership School and Muslim Community Report. At the conference, Sheikh called on leadership and especially the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) to formally adopt the #stemdup initiative (a
On December 6, 2017, the ADL New York Lawyers Division hosted the 23rd Annual Human Relations Award Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street. Over 300 attendees from the law, business and philanthropic community joined ADL as we honored two exceptional members of the legal community who are also strong advocates of ADL’s mission. We proudly presented the Human Relations Award to Michael
