Author: Hugh Lashbrooke

  • WordPress Foundation Donates to Black Girls Code and Internet Archive

    In January 2017 we committed to donating towards the work of Black Girls Code and Internet Archive. We have done that each year since, and 2019 was no exception: at the end of the year, we donated $15,000 to each organization. We chose these organizations because they align well with the vision of the WordPress…

  • Charity Hackathons: September 2019 Report

    Charity Hackathons: September 2019 Report

    At the end of 2018 we reported on the progress of the do_action charity hackathon event series for the year. At that time, we had worked with twelve local communities over the course of the year to help them run their own do_action events — a step up from four events the previous year! So far in 2019, eleven…

  • Charity Hackathons in 2018

    Charity Hackathons in 2018

    A few months ago we reported on the progress of the do_action charity hackathon event series so far in 2018 — at that stage of the year, we had supported eight local communities to help them run their own do_action events. By the time the year came to a close, we had worked with a…

  • Charity Hackathons: 2018 Mid-year Report

    Charity Hackathons: 2018 Mid-year Report

    At the end of 2017 we reported on how the recently introduced do_action charity hackathon event series had been going — by the end of the year, we had worked with four local communities to help them run their own do_action events, which was a great start to the program and one that we were…

  • Charity Hackathons in 2017

    When we were looking forward to 2017, one of our goals was to work with local WordPress communities to organize charity hackathons in order to help non-profits benefit from open source tools. We made sure to achieve this goal by bringing the do_action event series into our program. do_action is a charity hackathon that uses…