AI-powered impact: GitHub Social Impact’s year ahead
How GitHub Social Impact is working with nonprofit organizations, employees, and more to create positive, lasting change in global communities.
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Discover initiatives where developers and organizations leverage open source technologies to tackle challenges in areas such as healthcare, education, environmental sustainability, and more. With stories, technical explorations, and case studies, see how open source contributions are being put to work to drive global impact.
Announcing the All In CHAOSS DEI Badging pilot initiative
Take part in All in for Maintainers’ new pilot program that helps open source project maintainers highlight ongoing efforts in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within their communities.
All In for Students 2023 cohort: our biggest group of open source leaders yet!
The second cohort of All In for Students has graduated! With a cohort 12 times as large as the pilot, learn about how this group of college students is leaning into the future of technology.
Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program
The Social Impact, Tech for Social Good team is launching a new Open Source Community Manager Program to support digital public goods. This is part of their new Activating Developers initiative.
Announcing the launch of the All In for Maintainers DEI Resource Hub
The DEI Resource Hub is a vetted collection of resources, tools, and best practices designed to help open source maintainers create and maintain inclusive and diverse open source communities.
Skilling for the future: How GitHub is advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source communities
In the coming months, we’re scaling, expanding, and launching new programming to further DEI within open source communities.
Understanding the social impact of open source technologies
Here’s how nonprofits and the social sector are using open source to drive social good.
Contributing to open source at GitHub
A software engineer’s personal journey to becoming an open source contributor.
Announcing the summer 2022 MLH Fellowship GitHub Contributors
Meet the 2022 MLH Fellowship cohort! This 12-week internship alternative is for aspiring software engineers, and powered by GitHub.
Announcing recipients of the GitHub Open Source Grants and GitHub Sponsors now open in India
Announcing recipients of the GitHub Open Source Grants and opening of GitHub Sponsors in India.
Github Social Impact: How we’re driving change with social sector organizations
We’re proud to share the new and improved Social Impact at GitHub website, and we’re really excited to share what our team has been working on! GitHub’s mission is to…
The Social Sector is Contributing to the Broader OSS Ecosystem
As the world becomes more interconnected and complicated, so too does the expanse of open source ecosystems. While the majority of open source software (OSS) lies with corporate technology companies,…
What we learned from building an industry coalition
Securing the open source supply chain is critically important for developer communities and the entire software ecosystem. In recent years, the industry has seen an uptick in the adoption of…
Learn about open source in the social sector from our latest report
Learn more about open source’s impact in the social sector from the Open Source for Good research paper.
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