{"id":1331,"date":"2025-01-13T19:28:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/2025\/01\/13\/tech-inclusion-grant-program-expands-to-north-south-america\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T19:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:28:35","slug":"tech-inclusion-grant-program-expands-to-north-south-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/tech-inclusion-grant-program-expands-to-north-south-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Inclusion Grant Program Expands to North &#038; South America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Support Inclusion in Tech (SiNC) has <a href=\"https:\/\/supportinclusionintech.com\/sinc-expands-grant-program-to-empower-wordpress-contributors-across-north-and-south-america\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/supportinclusionintech.com\/sinc-expands-grant-program-to-empower-wordpress-contributors-across-north-and-south-america\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced <\/a>the expansion of its grant program to now include applicants from North and South America. SiNC was proposed by Winstina Hughes in 2022 to mitigate the financial stress of underrepresented groups seeking to participate in WordPress events and was first tried in<a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/wordcamp-us-trials-new-program-connecting-underrepresented-speakers-with-sponsors-for-travel-and-lodging-costs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0WordCamp US 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Originally launched in June 2024 to honor Pride Month, the Grant program offers four grants of <strong>$240 USD<\/strong> each, to individuals across Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that a truly inclusive WordPress community requires a global perspective,\u201d said Winstina Hughes, founder of Support Inclusion in Tech. \u201cBy expanding our grant program, we are taking a significant step towards ensuring that everyone, regardless of their geographic location, has the opportunity to contribute and thrive within the WordPress ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eligible applicants include those who have contributed to the WordPress community through local meetups, WordCamps, or code contributions. Starting <strong>January 2025<\/strong>, applicants can choose to be included in a public directory, with grant selections to follow in <strong>March 2025<\/strong> via a random name picker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wptavern.com\/support-inclusion-in-tech-expands-grant-program-to-north-and-south-america\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Inclusion in Tech (SiNC) has announced the expansion of its grant program to now include applicants from North and South America. SiNC was proposed by Winstina Hughes in 2022&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wordpress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/01\/SINC-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}