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LA For Good Initiative Brings Community Together to Fight Hate

On February 19, over 100 people gathered in the Tom Bradley Tower Room on the top floor of Los Angeles City Hall for a program entitled Empowering Communities to Overcome Hate. This was the inaugural event of ADL’s LA For Good coalition of over 25 community-based organizations and ADL that are working together to fight hate. The event was made

ADL Supports Resolution Declaring Los Angeles a “Welcoming City”

On Friday, December 6, 2019, ADL staff attended a meeting of the Los Angeles City Council to support a resolution declaring Los Angeles as a “Welcoming City” for refugees.  The resolution was introduced by Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield and Mitch O’Farrell.  It supported a policy to resettle refugees regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality or country of

ADL and Bet Tzedek Attorney Training to Support Immigrant Youth

On December 4, ADL Civil Rights Counsel Kimberley Plotnik and the Los Angeles Region hosted Bet Tzedek Directing Attorney Erikson Albrecht for a training on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and Probate Court Legal Guardianship. The training was for attorneys who want to help immigrant youth in need of a legal guardianship. Approximately 30 attorneys listened to Albrecht describe the

ADL Participates in Panel Discussion on Assisting Refugees & Asylum Seekers

On September 18, representatives from HIAS, Leo Baeck Temple, and ADL spoke at Welcoming the Stranger: A Jewish Call to Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers, hosted by and held at Beth Shir Shalom in Santa Monica, CA. The event, organized by HIAS and co-sponsored by ADL Los Angeles, sought to bring the community together to learn from experts in