Programs

A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute
The Anti-Defamation League’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute programs provide hands-on training in Florida to help children and adults challenge prejudice and discrimination and learn to live and work successfully and civilly in an increasingly diverse world. The leading provider of diversity and anti-bias training and resources, ADL’s A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute conducts prejudice-reduction and anti-bullying workshops to train teachers and teach students in schools throughout Florida to successfully breakdown stereotypes and stand up to bullies while promoting ideals of diversity and inclusion.

Law Enforcement Connection
Florida has been a hotbed of extremist groups and movements for over 15 years. These groups have spread fear and hatred and have frequently engaged in criminal activities, including violent acts.

Confronting Anti-Semitism
At times, anti-Semitism on college campuses in Florida is in remission; at this time it seems to be alive. Preparing our youth to confront and combat anti-Semitism is a priority for the ADL Florida Office.

Security Awareness for Jewish Institutions
A longtime leader in security preparedness, the ADL Florida Office works closely with Jewish institutions in Florida to encourage them to have adequate protection, by providing practical advice on security concerns to synagogues and other Jewish institutions. The ADL Florida Office consistently renews its campaign to urge institutions to update their security plans and procedures in Florida through annual security awareness conferences.

Holocaust Education & Remembrance
Through programs and resources offered by ADL’s Braun Holocaust Institute, students, educators and community leaders in Florida explore the enduring impact of the Holocaust, and apply its lessons to contemporary issues of prejudice and moral choice. Florida currently ranks as the top state in providing ADL’s “Echoes and Reflections” workshops, the most comprehensive multimedia curriculum on the Holocaust available up to date, to more teachers than in any other state nationwide. The ADL Florida Office also provides the League’s Bearing Witness™ Program, a 3-day teacher training institute for Catholic school educators about the Holocaust and Catholic-Jewish relations.

Protecting Civil Rights
Florida is not immune to anti-Semitism. The ADL Florida Office provides victim support and handles complaints of anti-Semitic incidents throughout the entire State of Florida, as well as discrimination cases, on a regular basis. Last year, a total of 179 incidents were reported to the ADL in Florida according to the ADL 2006 Annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents in Florida. In effort to secure religious freedom and democratic principles for Jews and all minorities alike, especially in public school settings, ADL works arduously to secure church-state separation, civil liberties and respect for differences.