The State of Diversity and Inclusion in the ASF Community: A Pulse Check

By: Zixuan Feng, Mariam Guizani, Anita Sarma (Oregon State University) “Our mission is to build equity in our community by developing tools and frameworks to foster inclusion and increase diversity in all phases of Apache projects. We are guided by the values of respect, empathy, openness, patience, candor & dependability.”  — [Apache Diversity and Inclusion] […]


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Write Your Way into the Open Source Community 

Open source software (OSS) projects thrive on the diverse talents and skills of contributors from various backgrounds. Among essential OSS contributors are writers. From technical documentation to marketing, journalism, and advocacy, writers use their expertise to strengthen and sustain OSS projects and communities. As part of #FirstASFContribution, a campaign to highlight the first-time contributor experience […]


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3 ways to contribute to open source (that don’t involve coding)

There are many ways to contribute to ASF projects—and not all of them involve coding! Many people incorrectly assume that everyone in the OSS community is a software developer, but that’s not true. Open source requires more than source code to be successful. As the old saying goes, “It takes a village,” and in the […]


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Women Contributors in the Spotlight

We recently announced our #FirstASFContribution Campaign to showcase how diversity fuels our community. Our members’ diverse backgrounds, identities, experiences, input, and skills spark creativity and innovation. Whether you contribute code or service, your unique contributions make us who we are at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Our First ASF Contributions Campaign celebrates those who embody […]


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The ASF Launches #FirstASFContribution Campaign

Apache Software Foundation (ASF) projects are driven by the enthusiasm and expertise of a global community collaborating on hundreds of projects. Across the ASF, thousands of people make contributions to projects every month. We want to tell the story of how some of those contributors got started.  Today, The ASF is introducing the #FirstASFContribution campaign […]


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