Making Inclusion Happen Through Mentoring
summary
A pilot expands a one‑day DrupalCon visit into a 5-month remote mentorship program with Slack, Adobe Connect, Pantheon sandboxes and recorded classes; partners supply training (FigLeaf donated ~$12k), six‑month Drupalize.me access and donated laptops and PHPStorm licenses. The program pairs students with 11 mentors, 10 students (9 active at MidCamp), runs weekly two‑hour class + three lab hours, funds ~$8k travel, and produces portfolio sites (church, mariachi group, fan site). Main gaps: mentor capacity, hosting hiccups and unclear KPI measurement.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 1:38History of the Initiative
- 9:37How we did it
- 21:20Successes & Lessons Learned
- 28:42Measuring success
- 30:44What's next?
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