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ADL Participates in City of Carson’s Annual Parent Conference and Looks Ahead to Educator and Youth Trainings

As part of our ongoing work to prevent bullying in the City of Carson, representatives from ADL’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute were invited to participate in the Carson Human Relations Commission’s 21st annual Parent Conference on Saturday, February 28, 2015.  The all-day event, Well Being: Living Life Out Loud took place at the Carson Community Center.  ADL provided resources

Volkswagen Makes Bullying Prevention Programs Available to Southern California Schools

Pictured: Facilitators lead Becoming An Ally for student leaders from Oscar de la Hoya Ánimo Charter School at the Green Dot Schools Central office Thanks to the generosity of Volkswagen, ADL’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute in the Pacific Southwest Region was able to make bullying prevention programs available to fourteen additional schools in the fall of 2014.  From public

Elementary School Students in the Desert Step Up to Become Allies

On March 3 and 4, ADL’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® Institute presented an assembly program for third, fourth and fifth grade students at Lincoln and Johnson Elementary Schools in Desert Sands Unified School District.  Over 700 students came together to learn about bullying and how to be an ally.  They learned the importance of stepping up to stop bullying

Special thank you to Jewish Federation of the Desert for supporting training about bullying

The following letter was sent to Jewish Federation of the Desert CEO Bruce Landgarten from ADL A WORLD OF INSTITUTE ® Project Director Eva Vega-Olds after an assembly program at Amistad High School in Indio provided with funds from the Jewish Federation.   Hello Bruce,   I wanted to share some thoughts about the student-run anti-bullying assembly program graciously funded

ADL Staffer Guest Speaker at National Education Conference

Eva Vega-Olds, Project Director of the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute, participated in an expert panel session at the 2013 NO BULL National Education Conference held at The Westin Hotel at LAX on August 10. Her discussion related to helping youth and students understand how to create “ally cultures” in their schools. Nearly 150 students and educators participated in the