llvm dev - Mar 2021 - Outreachy - Mentors and projects needed (deadline extended!)

Outreachy (https://www.outreachy.org) is an internship program with a goal to
increase diversity in open source. Internships are 3 months long (end of May to
end of August), remote, and pay a stipend. Interns work with experienced mentors
from open source communities, such as LLVM. Outreachy projects may include
"programming, user experience, documentation, illustration, graphical
design,  data science, project marketing, user advocacy, or community event
planning.” Outreachy invites the following applicants (quoting from their
website):
"Outreachy expressly invites women (both cis and trans), trans men, and
genderqueer people to apply. We also expressly invite applications from
residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African
American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native,
Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
Anyone who faces under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in the
technology industry of their country is invited to apply."


The LLVM Foundation will sponsor one or more internships through Outreachy and
we are looking for mentors with project ideas. If you are interested in being a
mentor, please send me an email. The timeline is a little tight as the deadline
for mentors to submit project proposals is March 7th. We will need at least 2
mentors. Mentor responsibilities are detailed here:
https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/#mentor

As many of you know, we have long participated in Google Summer of Code (GSOC)
and had great success with the program. We will continue to participate with
GSOC and this is not a replacement. Participation in Outreachy is another way to
reach more contributors to LLVM. It also aligns with the LLVM Foundation’s
program to increase diversity and inclusion within the LLVM project and the
field of compilers and tools (https://community-dot-o.llvm.org). Additionally,
this is an opportunity for longer projects that no longer meet the criteria for
GSOC to find an intern. GSOC recently modified their rules and decreased project
length to 175 hours over 10 weeks, while Outreachy remains at 360-480 hours over
a 12 week period.

I hope you will consider being a mentor! If you have any questions, please let
me know.

Thanks,
Tanya 
 
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We are in luck and they have extended the deadline to March 11th! However, I
have gotten no project ideas or mentors :(

I would love to have at least 2 projects for Outreachy. If you are even the
slightest bit interested, please reach out to me and I can try to help you draft
your project description or help find a supporting mentor.

Thanks,
Tanya

> On Feb 16, 2021, at 2:40 PM, Tanya Lattner <tanyalattner at llvm.org>
wrote:
> 
> 
> Outreachy (https://www.outreachy.org <https://www.outreachy.org/>) is
an internship program with a goal to increase diversity in open source.
Internships are 3 months long (end of May to end of August), remote, and pay a
stipend. Interns work with experienced mentors from open source communities,
such as LLVM. Outreachy projects may include "programming, user experience,
documentation, illustration, graphical design,  data science, project marketing,
user advocacy, or community event planning.” Outreachy invites the following
applicants (quoting from their website):
> "Outreachy expressly invites women (both cis and trans), trans men,
and genderqueer people to apply. We also expressly invite applications from
residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African
American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native,
Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
> Anyone who faces under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in
the technology industry of their country is invited to apply."
> 
> 
> The LLVM Foundation will sponsor one or more internships through Outreachy
and we are looking for mentors with project ideas. If you are interested in
being a mentor, please send me an email. The timeline is a little tight as the
deadline for mentors to submit project proposals is March 7th. We will need at
least 2 mentors. Mentor responsibilities are detailed here:
https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/#mentor
<https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/#mentor>
> 
> As many of you know, we have long participated in Google Summer of Code
(GSOC) and had great success with the program. We will continue to participate
with GSOC and this is not a replacement. Participation in Outreachy is another
way to reach more contributors to LLVM. It also aligns with the LLVM
Foundation’s program to increase diversity and inclusion within the LLVM project
and the field of compilers and tools (https://community-dot-o.llvm.org
<https://community-dot-o.llvm.org/>). Additionally, this is an opportunity
for longer projects that no longer meet the criteria for GSOC to find an intern.
GSOC recently modified their rules and decreased project length to 175 hours
over 10 weeks, while Outreachy remains at 360-480 hours over a 12 week period.
> 
> I hope you will consider being a mentor! If you have any questions, please
let me know.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tanya 
>  
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