Recruiting Overlooked Open-Source Contributors - Building OSS Partnerships with Community Colleges

Participate in a thought-provoking panel discussion exploring strategies to recruit overlooked open-source contributors and build partnerships with community colleges. Delve into the pressing sustainability challenges faced by open-source software projects and the innovative solutions being implemented to address them. Learn from industry experts Tyler Menezes (CodeDay), Kendrick Hang (Green River College), Kevin Wang (Mentors in Tech), and Marianne Goldin (Src Material) as they share insights on developing mentorship resources, overcoming cultural clashes between academia and open-source, and fostering long-term productive relationships. Discover how these programs are helping underserved students make their first contributions to open-source software and gain exposure to an untapped talent pool comprising half of US CS graduates from diverse backgrounds. Gain valuable perspectives from OSS teams, faculty, mentors, and students on creating a sustainable pipeline of future maintainers for open-source projects.