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# Community Team
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Welcome to the Community Team page!
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The Community Team is for helping people who help Tor, and growing and sustaining the Tor community. We work on things like [outreach](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/outreach/), advocacy, [teaching](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/training/), [user support](https://support.torproject.org), getting [relay operators](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/relays/) what they need, and [community governance](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/policies).
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## Community Team Projects
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* Community portal: [repository](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community) and [website](https://community.torproject.org).
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* Global South Strategy: [2018 - 2022 evaluation report](https://blog.torproject.org/furthering-our-mission-in-the-global-south/The%20Tor%20Project-GSS%20Evaluation-for-sharing.pdf), [summary](https://blog.torproject.org/furthering-our-mission-in-the-global-south/)
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* User Support & front desk
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* User Documentation: [Tor Browser user manual](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual), [Support portal](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support), and [Community portal](https://community.torproject.org).
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* Network Health and Relay Advocacy
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* Tor Trainings with Human Rights Defenders
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* Localization
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* [Community Policies](https://community.torproject.org/policies/)
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## Communication
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Our synchronous medium of communication is (#tor-project:matrix.org) on IRC/Matrix/OFTC. If you've never been on IRC/Matrix before, [here are some instructions to get started](https://support.torproject.org/get-in-touch/). The Tor Project Community Team meets every **Monday** at **14 UTC** ([other timezones](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tor+Community+Team+meeting&iso=20220211T14&p1=1440&ah=1)) in BBB.
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Our asynchronous medium of communication is the [Tor Forum](https://forum.torproject.org). Feel free to register and to post if you want to say something that you think is on topic.
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## How to get involved
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- Relay operators meetups happens every month, keep an eye on [tor-relays mailing list](https://forum.torproject.net/c/mailing-lists/tor-relays/25).
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- Localization Hangouts: Tor translators meets every [3rd Friday of the month](https://community.torproject.org/localization/hangouts/) on [#tor-l10n](#tor-l10n:matrix.org) channel.
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- Check out our official [Tor training materials](https://community.torproject.org/training/)
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- [Meet us @ events](https://forum.torproject.net/c/events/20)
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## Sponsored Projects (2024)
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* Sponsor 9: [Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/20).
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* Sponsor 96: [Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24).
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* Sponsor 145: [Tor Secure Access Package for USAGM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20145&first_page_size=100)
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* Sponsor 112: [Combating Malicious Relays](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/44)
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* Sponsor 152: [Rapid Response Fund in TM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20152&first_page_size=100)
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* Sponsor 149: [Digital safety training for at-risk MENA communities and organizations](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20149&first_page_size=100)
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## Priorities 2024
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- Assist Network Health Team to maintain a healthy relay operators community
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- Improve the Tor Community Policies and governance
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- Improve Community Team internal policies
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- Assist Anti-censorship Team on connecting with censored users to improve censorship circumvention
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- Help users in high censored regions
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- Improve user support tools and documentation
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- Lead trainings with communities in the Global South: Latin America, East Africa, and MENA
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- Look for spikes in Tor Metrics usage
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- Improve localization tooling
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- Spreading onions: spread onion sites around the world, build devops tools for onion operators and onion services health monitoring.
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- 2024 Elections monitoring, training, and user support
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## Roadmap (Q1-Q2 2024)
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### [SPONSOR 9](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/community/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=Sponsor%209)
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* Virtual meetups with Tor digital security trainings, journalists and human rights defenders in the Global South.
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* Privacy Resilience Grants cycle (East Africa and MENA)
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* User Support: Assist and help Tor users
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* Update and maintain Tor user documentation:
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* Support portal
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* TB-Manual
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* Translators documentation
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* Localization:
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* Improve and maintain the localization infrastructure.
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* Cultivate a community of translators and reviewers
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* Keep resources up to date on target languages
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### [SPONSOR 96](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/community/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=Sponsor%2096)
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* Increase the number of bridges
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* Assist anti-censorship team on monitoring bridge health in the target region.
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* Localize all UI modified in this project.
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* Build region-specific outreach, distribution, and user support.
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### [SPONSOR 112](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20112&first_page_size=20)
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- O2.2: Evaluate promising solutions for relay operator code of conducts, policies, agreements and methods for enforcement.
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- O2.3: Develop and implement solutions for operator codes of conduct, policies, agreements, and methods for enforcement.
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- O2.4: Document relay community governance processes.
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### [SPONSOR 145](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20145&first_page_size=100)
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* Train journalists and editorial staff on use of Tor and Onion Services
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* Build and improve tools for developers
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* Improve documentation around Onion Services
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* Deploy new services
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[Previous Priorities and Roadmaps](previous-priorities)
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## Previous projects
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* Sponsor 30/Sponsor 60: [Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/trac/-/issues/31265).
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* Sponsor 123: [Tor Secure Access Package for USAGM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/34)
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* Sponsor 134: [Localizing Tor tools and documentation into Arabic, Chinese, and Swahili](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/45)
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* Sponsor 139: [Rapid Response Fund for Iran censorship circumvention](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/47)
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# Community Team
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Welcome to the Community Team page!
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The Community Team is for helping people who help Tor, and growing and sustaining the Tor community. We work on things like [outreach](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/outreach/), advocacy, [teaching](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/training/), [user support](https://support.torproject.org), getting [relay operators](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/relays/) what they need, and [community governance](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/policies).
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## Community Team Projects
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* Community portal: [repository](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community) and [website](https://community.torproject.org).
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* Global South Strategy: [2018 - 2022 evaluation report](https://blog.torproject.org/furthering-our-mission-in-the-global-south/The%20Tor%20Project-GSS%20Evaluation-for-sharing.pdf), [summary](https://blog.torproject.org/furthering-our-mission-in-the-global-south/)
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* User Support & front desk
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* User Documentation: [Tor Browser user manual](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual), [Support portal](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support), and [Community portal](https://community.torproject.org).
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* Network Health and Relay Advocacy
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* Tor Trainings with Human Rights Defenders
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* Localization
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* [Community Policies](https://community.torproject.org/policies/)
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## Communication
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Our synchronous medium of communication is (#tor-project:matrix.org) on IRC/Matrix/OFTC. If you've never been on IRC/Matrix before, [here are some instructions to get started](https://support.torproject.org/get-in-touch/). The Tor Project Community Team meets every **Monday** at **14 UTC** ([other timezones](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tor+Community+Team+meeting&iso=20220211T14&p1=1440&ah=1)) in BBB.
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Our asynchronous medium of communication is the [Tor Forum](https://forum.torproject.org). Feel free to register and to post if you want to say something that you think is on topic.
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## How to get involved
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- Relay operators meetups happens every month, keep an eye on [tor-relays mailing list](https://forum.torproject.net/c/mailing-lists/tor-relays/25).
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- Localization Hangouts: Tor translators meets every [3rd Friday of the month](https://community.torproject.org/localization/hangouts/) on [#tor-l10n](#tor-l10n:matrix.org) channel.
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- Check out our official [Tor training materials](https://community.torproject.org/training/)
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- [Meet us @ events](https://forum.torproject.net/c/events/20)
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## Sponsored Projects (2024)
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* Project 9: [Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/20).
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* Project 96: [Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24).
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* Project 145: [Tor Secure Access Package for USAGM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20145&first_page_size=100)
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* Project 112: [Combating Malicious Relays](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/44)
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* Project 152: [Rapid Response Fund in TM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20152&first_page_size=100)
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* Project 149: [Digital safety training for at-risk MENA communities and organizations](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20149&first_page_size=100)
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## Priorities 2024
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- Assist Network Health Team to maintain a healthy relay operators community
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- Improve the Tor Community Policies and governance
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- Improve Community Team internal policies
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- Assist Anti-censorship Team on connecting with censored users to improve censorship circumvention
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- Help users in high censored regions
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- Improve user support tools and documentation
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- Lead trainings with communities in the Global South: Latin America, East Africa, and MENA
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- Look for spikes in Tor Metrics usage
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- Improve localization tooling
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- Spreading onions: spread onion sites around the world, build devops tools for onion operators and onion services health monitoring.
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- 2024 Elections monitoring, training, and user support
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## Roadmap (Q1-Q2 2024)
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### [Project 9](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/community/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=Sponsor%209)
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* Virtual meetups with Tor digital security trainings, journalists and human rights defenders in the Global South.
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* Privacy Resilience Grants cycle (East Africa and MENA)
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* User Support: Assist and help Tor users
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* Update and maintain Tor user documentation:
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* Support portal
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* TB-Manual
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* Translators documentation
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* Localization:
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* Improve and maintain the localization infrastructure.
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* Cultivate a community of translators and reviewers
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* Keep resources up to date on target languages
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### [Project 96](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/community/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=Sponsor%2096)
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* Increase the number of bridges
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* Assist anti-censorship team on monitoring bridge health in the target region.
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* Localize all UI modified in this project.
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* Build region-specific outreach, distribution, and user support.
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### [Project 112](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20112&first_page_size=20)
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- O2.2: Evaluate promising solutions for relay operator code of conducts, policies, agreements and methods for enforcement.
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- O2.3: Develop and implement solutions for operator codes of conduct, policies, agreements, and methods for enforcement.
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- O2.4: Document relay community governance processes.
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### [Project 145](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20145&first_page_size=100)
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* Train journalists and editorial staff on use of Tor and Onion Services
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* Build and improve tools for developers
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* Improve documentation around Onion Services
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* Deploy new services
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[Previous Priorities and Roadmaps](previous-priorities)
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## Previous projects
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* Sponsor 30/Sponsor 60: [Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/trac/-/issues/31265).
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* Sponsor 123: [Tor Secure Access Package for USAGM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/34)
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* Sponsor 134: [Localizing Tor tools and documentation into Arabic, Chinese, and Swahili](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/45)
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* Sponsor 139: [Rapid Response Fund for Iran censorship circumvention](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/47)
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* Sponsor 144: [Creating a public bank of user stories](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor+144) |
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