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Gavin Baker is the Deputy Director of Public Policy & Government Relations at the American Library Association, a position held since May 2017, where responsibilities include managing congressional affairs and advocating for issues such as book bans, censorship, and appropriations. Prior experience includes roles as Assistant Director of Government Relations at the same organization, and Open Government Program Manager at Common Cause, where significant contributions were made to campaign finance reform in California. Gavin has held various positions focusing on open government and transparency, including Lead Policy Analyst and Policy Analyst at the Center for Effective Government. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University.
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Donate | Assistance | Trustees | Staff | Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt | Articles | Videos | Brochure | ReportsThe LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund was established in 1970 as a special trust in memory of Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt. It is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees' opinion, are: Denied employment rights or discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, age, disability, or place of national origin; Denied employment rights 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.