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ADL Los Angeles collaborates with Integrity First for America

Recently, as a result of ADL’s partnership with Integrity First for America (IFA), ADL Los Angeles hosted an informational meeting and co-sponsored a community event with IFA.  IFA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending democratic principles and ensuring equal rights.  With ADL’s partnership, IFA is bringing a federal lawsuit against the two dozen individuals and affiliated hate groups that

ADL Joins Other Experts at the USC Homegrown Violent Extremism Digital Summit

On November 8, ADL’s Center on Extremism Senior Investigative Researcher and Director of Special Projects Joanna Mendelson participated as a panelist for the USC Price School Safe Communities Institute 2019 Homegrown Violent Extremism (HVE) Digital Summit. The Summit consisted of three panels: Surviving Extremist Violence; Extremism and Digital Media; and The Path Out of Extremism. Mendelson sat on the second

ADL Staff addresses “Herzlian Dinner” in Palm Springs

Senior Investigative Researcher and Director of Special Projects Joanna Mendelson was the featured speaker at an event recently in Palm Springs.  Mendelson was asked by the Jewish Federation of the Desert to be the headliner for the Herzlian Dinner on the evening of November 6 at a local country club. The purpose of the Herzlian Dinner is to “listen, learn,

ADL Los Angeles Commemorates One Year after the Pittsburgh Shooting

On Friday morning, October 25, ADL Los Angeles joined community leaders and local elected officials to formally commemorate one year since the horrific attack at the Tree of Life building in Pittsburgh, which resulted in the deaths of eleven people.  ADL, along with AJC and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, were joined by City Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield and

Community Remembers the 1999 North Valley Shootings

On Sunday, August 11, 2019, over 90 members of the community gathered at Temple Ahavat Shalom to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the August 10, 1999 shooting at the North Valley JCC and the subsequent murder of Filipino-American postal worker Joseph Ileto.  The event was coordinated by ADL and the office of County of Los Angeles Supervisor Kathryn Barger.  Co-sponsors included