Alison Macrina
Founder And Executive Director at Library Freedom Project
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolAlison Macrina is the founder and executive director of the Library Freedom Project, where for over a decade she has equipped librarians to defend digital privacy, intellectual freedom, and community agency against surveillance and commercial exploitation. Based in Philadelphia, she builds cohort-based training programs that turn library workers into local leaders in privacy advocacy and critical technology education. Her background leading community efforts at The Tor Project and hands-on library technology roles gives her rare credibility at the intersection of grassroots organizing, library practice, and privacy tech. Alison frames libraries as trusted civic infrastructures for resisting censorship and reclaiming user control, translating technical concepts into practical, accessible public programming. She combines a humanities foundation in history with practical tech leadership, often foregrounding the social and ethical implications of technology rather than only its mechanics. Notably, she has made the library sector a recognized frontline in digital rights work, shifting how communities approach privacy and access.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, HISTORY, Bachelor of Arts, HISTORY at Temple UniversityDrexel University
Github Skills (18)
ios9
tor8
linux8
windows8
xmpp7
security7
instant-messaging7
anonymity7
macos7
privacy6
encrypt6
golang5
browser5
multiplatform5
objective-c5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LibraryFreedom/training-materials
Dec 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
alisonLFP/libraryfreedominstitute
May 2018 - Nov 2020
Library Freedom Institute
Contributions:188 commits, 163 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 6 months
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