When the Anti-Defamation League confers its Levenson defender of democracy award on him at the nonprofit’s “In Concert Against Hate” event on Nov. 10, David Holt, the mayor of Oklahoma City, anticipates it will be doubly significant to him.

“It would be an honor in and of itself to be recognized by this organization that has so much history in our country and so many important achievements and that stands for so many critical American values,” the city’s first Native American mayor told JNS.

He added that “the specific award that I’m receiving is very meaningful to me, because it does feel like a lot of my work as mayor and as president of the Conference of Mayors has gone a little bit beyond the daily tasks put in front of any American mayor.”

The ADL will honor Holt, 46, and others at

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