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).
## Community Team Projects
* Community portal: [repository](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community) and [website](https://community.torproject.org).
* 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/)
* User Support & front desk
* 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).
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.
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.
## How to get involved
- Relay operators meetups happens every month, keep an eye on [tor-relays mailing list](https://forum.torproject.net/c/mailing-lists/tor-relays/25).
- 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.
- Check out our official [Tor training materials](https://community.torproject.org/training/)
-[Meet us @ events](https://forum.torproject.net/c/events/20)
## Sponsored Projects (2024)
*Sponsor 9: [Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/20).
*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).
*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)
*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)
*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)
## Priorities 2024
- Assist Network Health Team to maintain a healthy relay operators community
- Improve the Tor Community Policies and governance
- Improve Community Team internal policies
- Assist Anti-censorship Team on connecting with censored users to improve censorship circumvention
- Help users in high censored regions
- Improve user support tools and documentation
- Lead trainings with communities in the Global South: Latin America, East Africa, and MENA
- Look for spikes in Tor Metrics usage
- Improve localization tooling
- Spreading onions: spread onion sites around the world, build devops tools for onion operators and onion services health monitoring.
- 2024 Elections monitoring, training, and user support
* Train journalists and editorial staff on use of Tor and Onion Services
* Build and improve tools for developers
* Improve documentation around Onion Services
* Deploy new services
[Previous Priorities and Roadmaps](previous-priorities)
## Previous projects
* Sponsor 30/Sponsor 60: [Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/trac/-/issues/31265).
* Sponsor 123: [Tor Secure Access Package for USAGM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/34)
* Sponsor 134: [Localizing Tor tools and documentation into Arabic, Chinese, and Swahili](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/45)
* Sponsor 139: [Rapid Response Fund for Iran censorship circumvention](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/47)
# Community Team
Welcome to the Community Team page!
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).
## Community Team Projects
* Community portal: [repository](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community) and [website](https://community.torproject.org).
* 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/)
* User Support & front desk
* 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).
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.
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.
## How to get involved
- Relay operators meetups happens every month, keep an eye on [tor-relays mailing list](https://forum.torproject.net/c/mailing-lists/tor-relays/25).
- 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.
- Check out our official [Tor training materials](https://community.torproject.org/training/)
-[Meet us @ events](https://forum.torproject.net/c/events/20)
## Sponsored Projects (2024)
*Project 9: [Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/20).
*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).
*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)
*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)
*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)
## Priorities 2024
- Assist Network Health Team to maintain a healthy relay operators community
- Improve the Tor Community Policies and governance
- Improve Community Team internal policies
- Assist Anti-censorship Team on connecting with censored users to improve censorship circumvention
- Help users in high censored regions
- Improve user support tools and documentation
- Lead trainings with communities in the Global South: Latin America, East Africa, and MENA
- Look for spikes in Tor Metrics usage
- Improve localization tooling
- Spreading onions: spread onion sites around the world, build devops tools for onion operators and onion services health monitoring.
- 2024 Elections monitoring, training, and user support
* Train journalists and editorial staff on use of Tor and Onion Services
* Build and improve tools for developers
* Improve documentation around Onion Services
* Deploy new services
[Previous Priorities and Roadmaps](previous-priorities)
## Previous projects
* Sponsor 30/Sponsor 60: [Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/trac/-/issues/31265).
* Sponsor 123: [Tor Secure Access Package for USAGM](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/34)
* Sponsor 134: [Localizing Tor tools and documentation into Arabic, Chinese, and Swahili](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/45)
* Sponsor 139: [Rapid Response Fund for Iran censorship circumvention](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/47)
* Sponsor 144: [Creating a public bank of user stories](https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor+144)
