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Schools Celebrate Together at the June 6th No Place for Hate Designation Celebration

On June 6th, schools across the region came together to be recognized by the Anti-Defamation League for participating in the No Place for Hate program during the 2016-2017 school year. Nearly 450 attendees from over 50 schools in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware attended the inaugural No Place for Hate Designation Celebration at the Walnut Street Theatre. At

Local Law Enforcement Chiefs Return from Elite ADL Training in Israel

This week, fifteen law enforcement executives from around the country returned from Israel after participating in ADL’s 2016 National Counter-Terrorism Seminar (NCTS).  Among the participants were Colonel Tyree Blocker, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Police, and Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Guidetti, Deputy Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. Each year, NCTS brings the highest level of law enforcement executives from

ADL Hosts US State Department Special Envoy

by Bonnie Squires Ira Forman, United States State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, was the keynote speaker at the spring closing dinner meeting of the board of the Anti-Defamation League of eastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Delaware, held at the Bala Golf Club in Philadelphia on May 10.  Mr. Forman traveled from Washington, D.C., to talk about his

Rwandan genocide survivor visited Plymouth Whitemarsh High School

BY CARLY W. BLUMENTHAL, PWHS CLASS OF 2016 On April 11, the Plymouth Whitemarsh High School (PWHS) community was honored to host Jacqueline Murekatete, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, as she spoke at two school-wide assemblies. Thanks to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Jacqueline was able to bring the story of her experiences to the high school students. She shared

ADL Experts on Latino Affairs and Anti-Immigrant Extremism Visit Philadelphia

On Monday, two National ADL staff members visited the Philadelphia region for a series of special presentations and meetings with ADL’s partners in the Hispanic community. Sonia Spar, ADL’s Coordinator of Latino Affairs, and Marilyn Mayo, Research Fellow in ADL’s Center on Extremism, collaborated to develop ¡Basta de expresiones y crímenes de odio!: El movimiento anti-inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos