Category: Announcements
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The WordPress Foundation 2023 Annual Report is Now Available
The WordPress Foundation is excited to announce its 2023 Annual Report, highlighting the non-profit organization’s initiatives and achievements. The report includes an overview of the Foundation’s efforts to promote charity hackathons and open source education. Additionally, numerous worldwide WordPress events have been supported by the Foundation’s subsidiary, WordPress Community Support, PBC.
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2023 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Recipient: Yumi Nishioka (mimi)
This year’s Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship recipient is Yumi Nishioka (mimi). mimi is a passionate WordPress contributor who embodies the values that Kim would have appreciated. mimi is a Web/UI Designer and Developer based in Tokyo, and has been a WordPress contributor since 2018. She was lead organizer of WordCamp Tokyo 2019. That year she…
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Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2023
The WordPress Foundation will once again offer the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for travel to WordCamp US 2023. At each in-person WordCamp US, the WordPress Foundation honors Kim’s commitment and valuable contributions to the WordPress open source project. The Foundation’s goal is to further the efforts of contributors who demonstrate Kim’s spirit, by helping to…
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2022 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Recipients: Margherita Pelonara, Simona Simionato, and Pooja Derashri
This year’s Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship recipients are Margherita Pelonara, Simona Simionato, and Pooja Derashri, enthusiastic WordPress developers, Meetup and WordCamp organizers, and contributors to the open source project and WordPress community. These contributors share the passion of empowering people with WordPress. Whether helping women freelancers succeed in business (Margherita), contributing to the Diversity Speaker Training…
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The Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Returns for WordCamp US 2022
The wait is over! WordCamp US is once again being held as an in-person, and with that the WordPress Foundation’s Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship returns. Kim’s commitment and valuable contributions to the WordPress open source project are honored at each in-person WordCamp US by the WordPress Foundation. The Foundation’s goal is to further the efforts…
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The WordPress Foundation publishes its 2020 financials
We are glad to announce that WordPress Foundation has published its financials for the year 2020. In 2020, the WordPress Foundation and its subsidiary B-Corp (WordPress Community Support, PBC) provided support and guidance for a total of 33 WordCamps and hundreds of Meetup groups, organized by volunteers in communities all over the world. WordPress Foundation’s total revenue in…
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Announcement: In-person do_action hackathons are back!
As announced in the Make/WordPress Community blog, in-person do_action charity hackathons are back! do_action hackathons moved online in March 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the past 18 months, we have had five do_action hackathons so far. As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated and as the spread COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Announcement: Online do_action hackathons in India and Nigeria
Following the success of online do_action events worldwide in 2020, the WordPress Foundation is doubling down on its mission by supporting more charity hackathons in 2021. Even as COVID-19 continues to wreck havoc around the world, our community organizers in India and Nigeria are working hard to empower local non profits by helping them build…
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Announcement: Upcoming live discussion on do_action charity hackathons
This live discussion has concluded. You can find a video recording of the live discussion on this post or watch it directly on YouTube and on WordPress.tv. Captions and a full transcript of the video will be made available shortly. Over the past few months, many community organizers have expressed interest in organizing do_action charity…
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do_action hackathons and open-source workshops in 2021
In 2020, we saw do_action events and open-source workshops move online. Around the world, community members organized 5 do_action hackathons (4 of which were online) and a handful of open-source workshops last year. In moving these events online, community organizers not only brought their WordPress community closer together, but they were also able to make…