No Place for Hate®

The Anti-Defamation League is proud to continue its No Place For Hate® campaign in the Mountain States Region for a fifth year. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors -- The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado and The David and Laura Merage Foundation -- this campaign continues to be free to schools in Colorado and Wyoming.  Thanks also to our supporters, Mile High United Way, The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation, Vectra Bank and The Melvin & Elaine Wolf Foundation.

No Place for Hate® was developed to organize schools to work together and develop projects that enhance the appreciation of diversity and foster harmony amongst diverse groups. The campaign empowers schools to promote respect for individual and group differences while challenging prejudice and bigotry. Every day we make choices. We can choose to let anti-Semitism, racism, and other forms of bigotry go unchallenged and potentially escalate, or we can choose to confront the bias that we see in our workplaces, homes, schools, and communities. As our world becomes smaller and our schools and communities more diverse, it is more critical than ever to actively build bridges to cross-cultural understanding and mutual respect.

ADL is pleased to have forty five elementary, middle and high schools that are participating in the 2011-2012 No Place for Hate® Initiative.    ADL will be reaching over 41,000 students throughout Colorado, as their schools have indicated their intention to enhance an appreciation of diversity by promoting respect for individual and group differences while challenging prejudice and bigotry. Here is a list of Colorado and Wyoming schools participating in 2011-2012.

Positive Impact! Tools for Respecting Differences.  Check out two great ADL resources for making a Positive Impact! in your school.  The Postive Impact! Tools for Respecting Differences Calendar (pdf) has many activity ideas and a glossary of religious and cultural observances.  101 Ways To Make a Positive Impact (pdf) includes ideas you can implement in your school, home, community or place of worship.