Date: July 23, 2013 Maryam Farooq, a 2013 ADL Summer Intern, became the youngest person to be honored by President Barack Obama with the 5,000th “Point of Light” award because of her work with ADL’s No Place For Hate® initiative. In 2011, Maryam founded a school chapter of No Place for Hate at her middle school and was recognized for her work
Date: June 28, 2013 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced the election of Gregg M. Mashberg as its new board chair of the New York region. A prominent litigation partner in the Manhattan law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP, Mr. Mashberg has been actively involved with ADL for more than 10 years. He was elected to serve a two-year term and formally
Date: June 21, 2013 In the wake of recent hate crimes in New York City, New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations, hosted a public forum on New York State’s hate crimes law on June 14. ADL was invited by the Senator to testify at the hearing and was delivered by Gregg
Name: Gregg M. Mashberg Community: New Rochelle, NY and NYC Occupation: Lawyer & Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP ADL Role: Board Chair, NY Region 1. What is your earliest memory of ADL? When I was a teenager, I remember my father talking about writing a check to ADL. I don’t know the context and don’t know why I
Date: May 28, 2013 Name: Sandy Dinger Community: Staten Island, NY Occupation: Conflict Resolution Teacher, P.S.22 ADL Role: No Place For Hate Coordinator What is your earliest memory of ADL? I don’t have one distinct memory of the ADL from childhood, but I know I became aware of the mission of the ADL in my early teens. From watching the nightly news
