SAVE THE DATE:
The Merritt Fund Promotion Committee is hosting a fundraiser at the ALA National Conference in San Diego on Saturday, June 29th from 6:30pm-8:30pmPT at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. All conference attendees are welcome; badges are required. There is a suggested donation at the door of $10-$20. All proceeds go directly to the Merritt Fund and help library workers in need.
ALA President Emily Drabinski has offered her President's Suite for the event, and attendees will include President Drabinski, incoming ALA President Cindy Hohl, ALA President Elect Raymond Pun, a past Merritt Fund recipient, as well as many other library leaders.
There will be complimentary hors d'oeuvres and drinks served at the event, co-sponsored by Communico, President Drabinski and the IFRT. We hope to see you there!
The Merritt Fund is devoted to library workers who are denied employment or discriminated against for the following reasons:
- the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, age, disability, or place of national origin;
- because of defense of intellectual freedom; that is, threatened with loss of employment or discharged because of their stand for the cause of intellectual freedom, including promotion of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the freedom of librarians to select items for their collections from all the world's written and recorded information, and defense of privacy rights.
For more information about the fund, please see: https://www.ala.org/aboutala/affiliates/relatedgroups/merrittfund/merritthumanitarian
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Molly Meisenheimer
Staff Development Specialist
Alameda County Library System
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