Announcement: Increasing Meetup Venue Support Funds
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Hello, organizers! Welcome again to the new Monthly Meetup format. This month we have a new release in the news and a whole list of community-generated thoughts on reactivating meetups. It’s a little bit longer – there were a lot of ideas – and we hope they help! News From Around WordPress WordPress 6.0 “Arturo”…
Contributor Day is fast approaching and we couldn’t be more excited. We had some great suggestions and all of them seem worthwhile to pursue! So how will the Community Team be using our time? We will provide space for #WPDiversity to meet with attendees who would like to hold an open discussion about diversity in…
We have workshops for underrepresented community members and for WP event organizers coming up in October and November, 2021. Please join us and help us spread the word! Allyship for WordPress event organizers AMER/EMEA Accountability The cohort of the first Allyship program is meeting for an accountability Slack chat about the actions they are taking…
Last month, I shared a proposal in the Make/Project blog, to revamp the Contributor Working Group of the Make/WordPress Community Team in order to build a WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program. Feedback on the proposal was quite positive! Folks supported the idea, volunteered to be a part of the working group, and shared valuable insights on…
TL;DR The Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) is launching 3 new programs: Diverse Speaker Workshops New: Diverse Speaker Support New: Allyship program We have great opportunities for volunteers to get involved with all three programs. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) in the WordPress Community Team is…
Recently, there have been questions about diversity at WordPress events, especially WordCamps. The Community team values and prioritizes diversity, as the more diverse our community is, the stronger, more innovative, and more resilient it becomes. Increasing diversity in WordPress events is not the responsibility of just one continent, community, event, or team. Everyone can make…