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Outreachy

Getting Started

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What is Outreachy

  • Aimed to encourage people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved
  • Run by GNOME Foundation
  • Previously known as Outreach Program for Women(OPW)

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Perks!

  • Get comfortable with Open Source development
  • Get involved with the community
  • Mentoring
  • 5500 USD
  • Travel Grant to attend conferences(organized all over the world)
  • Job offers!

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Eligibility?

  • Projects are only for underrepresented groups(women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people)
  • Not a previous GSoC or Outreachy intern
  • No age limit, no need to be student
  • Projects involve coding, design, documentation, marketing
  • Happens twice a year!

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Thanks!

Questions?

-- at Lecture Hall 2(3:45 to 4pm)

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Who we are?

Shaifali Agrawal(round 9 Outreachy intern)

@exploreshaifali, agrawalshaifali09@gmail.com

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Swati Jaiswal (round 12 Outreachy intern)

@swati12jaiswal, jaiswalswati94@gmail.com