Author: Rae Morey
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WordCamp Asia’s ambition to go beyond regular WordCamps: Q&A with organizer Jon Ang
WordCamp Asia organizer Jon Ang speaks about programming for this year’s event, why organizers are marketing to non-WordPress people, and how diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging have been deeply embedded into every stage of the event. In 2019, Jon Ang, Human Made’s Director of Sales, wrote the original proposal to get WordCamp Asia up and…
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How has WordCamp US 2023 tackled DEIB and accessibility? Julia Golomb
WordCamp US lead organizer speaks about programming for this year’s event, why organizers chose to forgo a blind selection process, and how organizers have addressed criticism about the lack of accessibility at last year’s event. Julia Golomb describes herself as passionate about promoting the open source values of transparency, collaboration, and inclusiveness in community engagement.…
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Diversity & WordPress: Q&A with WordCamp Europe Global Lead Evangelia Pappa
Diversity has been a hot topic for WordCamp Europe. Last week, Sjoerd Blom, one of the event’s global leads, apologized for how he reacted to recent scrutiny of the diversity of the event’s speakers. He was responding to Michelle Frechette, StellarWP’s Director of Community Engagement, who questioned the apparent lack of diversity in the first…
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Statement from Taco Verdonschot regarding Yoast’s sponsorship of Underrepresented in Tech
At Yoast, we recognize that having a diverse team is a huge game-changer for creativity. You don’t know what you don’t know. So the more world views, experiences, and opinions you’re able to bring to the table, the better your product will be for a large audience. To us, that matters a lot, because our…
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Yoast and Whodunit on why they contribute to WordPress core—and the features they’re pursuing
Automattic may be the biggest player in WordPress, but it’s not the only one with influence. Two other companies—Whodunit, a relative newcomer to contributing, and Yoast, a WordPress core veteran—are actively developing features they want in core. And they’re encouraging other companies to join them in putting more people and resources into the WordPress project.
