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title: Website Relaunch
author:
- name: Heather Turner
- name: Ella Kaye
- name: Zane Dax
date: "2023-12-07"
categories: [news]
description: 'Announcement about the relaunch of the Forwards website.'
draft: true
---

It's been long time since we updated the Forwards website. At some point our
continuous integration workflow stopped working and we didn't have time to fix
it. Moreover, we wanted to take the opportunity to update to newer tools and
processes, to make the website easy maintain. This was a bigger task, but
we're happy to say that we've now updated from blogdown plus a convoluted
Travis CI workflow, to Quarto plus a GitHub actions workflow.

We have simplified the organization of posts, so that they are group by year
rather than the full date of publication, which caused editing headaches when
collaborating on a blog post over several days or weeks. This has changed the
URL of blog posts, but rest assured we have added aliases so old links
should still work.

Despite the lack of blog posts, the Forwards taskforce has remained active!
We've updated the news section on our homepage, which captures some of the
main activities in the past few years. For a fuller account of the missing
years you can check out the news column of the R Journal

- [2020 vol 2](https://journal.r-project.org/news/RJ-2020-2-forwards-news/)
- [2021 vol 1](https://journal.r-project.org/news/RJ-2021-1-forwardsnews/)
- [2021 vol 2](https://journal.r-project.org/news/RJ-2021-2-forwards-news/)
- [2022 vol 2](https://journal.r-project.org/news/RJ-2022-2-forwards/)
- [2022 vol 4](https://journal.r-project.org/news/RJ-2022-4-forwards/)

We plan to round up news from 2023 in volume 4 of the R Journal.

Beyond that we hope to post here more regular in the coming months!

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- *Workshops for high school girls* serve as an introduction to coding in R and are designed for students interested in STEM, coding, and data analysis. Participants learn about plotting data, web scraping, and the development of Shiny apps. A selection of topics related to contemporary current affairs are used, and where possible, incorporate data specific to the workshop’s geographic location.

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### Upcoming workshops
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### Past Workshops

- [**Package development workshop for women & other underrepresented groups**](../york) at the University York
*2020-01-07, York, UK*
Free to attend, travel scholarships available for travel within the UK. [More details](../york).
Instructors: Emma Rand, Susannah Cowtan

### Past Workshops

- [**Forwards and ACEMS R Coding Workshop for Year 11 Girls**](../brisbane/) at River City Labs
*2019-03-30, Brisbane, Australia*
Free to attend, [More details](http://bit.ly/Brissy_girls_coding)
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*For more details on past workshops, see the [Edu](edu) section.*

*2019/05/25* [First ever R conference in East Africa: SatRdays Kampala 2019](https://kampala2019.satrdays.org/) **Lend your support to this pathbreaking conference by contributing to SatRdays Kampala's [Indiegogo campaign](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/satrdays-kampala-2019-fundraiser#/)**
*2023-11-18, Montevideo, Uruguay* - Yanina Bellini Saibene co-chairs [LatinR2022](https://latin-r.com/), which includes a keynote by Di Cook, a lightning talk by Pao Corrales on contributing translations to R and a
contribution space for working on translations.

![](images/AfricaR.png){fig-alt="AfricaR logo"}
*2023-11-16* - RainbowR launch a [pilot buddy scheme](https://rainbowr.netlify.app/posts/2023-11-16_introducing-buddies/) to foster stronger connections between community members.

*2019-04-06, Dublin* Isabella Gollini, with Bruna Wundervald, Chiara Cotroneo, and Jo Niec, teach "Develop Packages in R"
*2023-11-16* - Heather Turner gives a keynote on
[Contributing to R](https://hturner.github.io/IIConferenceOfR/) at the
II Conference of R (Spanish R Users conference) in Barcelona.

*2019-03-30, Brisbane* Di Cook and a team of brilliant women teach "R Coding Workshop for Year 11 Girls"

*2019-02-23, Chicago* Stephanie Kirmer and Angela Li teach "Women's Package Development Workshop", jointed hosted with [R-Ladies Chicago](https://rladieschicago.org)
*2023-11-09* - Di Cook, Heather Turner and Jonathan Godfrey obtain grant from R
Consortium to support adding alt text to R Journal articles.

*2018-10-27, New York City* Emily Dodwell and Joyce Robbins lead "Data Science in R: Coding Workshop for 11th and 12th Grade Girls"
*2023-11-06* - Kevin O'Brien starts a monthly community call for organizers
of R User Groups, see the [Global R User Group](https://www.meetup.com/globalr/) meetup.

*2018-07-30, Vancouver* Di Cook serves as panelist on late breaking session at JSM2018, [*Addressing Sexual Misconduct in the Statistics Community*](http://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2018/onlineprogram/AbstractDetails.cfm?abstractid=329833) Organizer [blog post](http://statisticalrecipes.blogspot.com/2018/06/addressing-sexual-misconduct-in.html)
*2023-08-29* - Several Forwards members participate in [R Project Sprint 2023](https://contributor.r-project.org/r-project-sprint-2023/), an event to
encourage broader participation in contributing to base R.

*2018-06-23, Cardiff, Wales* Heather Turner teaches "Upgrade Your Workflow with a Custom Package" at [Cardiff satRday](https://cardiff2018.satrdays.org/)
*2023-05-29* - Di Cook co-mentors Abhishek Ulayil on second Google Summer of Code project on [Converting past R Journal articles to HTML](https://github.com/rstats-gsoc/gsoc2023/wiki/Converting-R-Journal-latex-documents-to-Rmarkdown-with-texor).

*2018-05-24, Melbourne* [Earo Wang](https://earo.me) leads "Package Development Workshop for Women: Everything you need to know to create your own R package" at [R Ladies Melbourne](https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/R-Ladies-Melbourne/events/250196006/) [slides]( http://slides.earo.me/rladies-pkg/#1), [code](https://github.com/earowang/rladies-pkg)
*2023-04-22* - Ella Kaye and Heather Turner give talk on [Sustainability and EDI in the R Project](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW6kRqktYQU) at satRdays London 2023.

*2018-05-14, Budapest* Package Development Workshop for Women at [eRum 2018](https://2018.erum.io/#talk-2-307)
*2022-10-12, Online* - Yanina Bellini Saibene co-chairs [LatinR2022](https://latin-r.com/), which includes [R translatón/Hackaton de tradução do R](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LURMdf1Uk8).

*2022-10-10* - Liz Hare talks to R-Ladies NYC about [Writing Meaningful Alt-Texts for Data Visualizations in R](https://lizharedogs.github.io/RLadiesNYAltText/#1).

*2022-08-01* - Yanina Bellini Saibene gives a keynote at CarpentryCon 2022 on [Achieving the change we want one conference at a time](https://yabellini.netlify.app/talk/keynote_carpentrycon_2022/).

*2022-08-08* - gwynn sturdevant and Jonathan Godfrey join panel at JSM 2022 on [Delivering Data Differently](https://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2022/onlineprogram/AbstractDetails.cfm?abstractid=319247).

*2022-08-06* - Kevin O’Brien and Sam Toet help organize the first [Francophone satRday](https://satrdays.org/blog/2022/07/20/2022-francophone/).

[older news items](oldnews)

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*2022-07-21* - Several Forwards members contribute to [Ten simple rules to host an inclusive conference](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010164) published in PLOS Computational Biology, 18(7): 1–13, 2022.

*2022-06-20* - Yanina Bellini-Saibene supports [useR! 2022](https://user2022.r-project.org/) to adopt inclusive practices.

*2022-06-13* - Google Summer of Code 2022 begins. Di Cook and Heather Turner mentor Abhishek Ulayil on [Converting past R Journal articles to HTML](https://github.com/rstats-gsoc/gsoc2022/wiki/Converting-past-R-Journal-articles-to-HTML); Michael Chirico co-mentors Meet Bhatnagar on creating a dashboard to [monitor the status of translations in R](https://github.com/rstats-gsoc/gsoc2022/wiki/Track-R-Translations-Status).

*2022-05-18* - Ella Kaye and Zane Dax run meeting to [relaunch RainbowR](https://rainbowr.netlify.app/posts/2022-06-20_relaunching-rainbowr/).

*2022-05-17* - Paola Corrales and Yanina Bellini Saibene gave a tutorial [From spreadsheets to R](https://yabellini.netlify.app/courses/deplanillasdecalculoar/) in Spanish, at the Software Sustainability Institute’s Research Software Camp.

*2022-05-16* - Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal starts a technical writer on the Google Season of Docs project to [Expand and Reorganize the R Development Guide](https://github.com/rstats-gsod/gsod2022/wiki/GSOD-2022-Proposal).

*2022-02-22* - Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal and Heather Turner start series of [Collaboration Campfires](https://contributor.r-project.org/events/collaboration-campfires/) to
to demystify the R development process.

*2022-02-19* - Yanina Bellini-Saibene and Heather Turner join the Building inclusive communities panel at the launch of the AsiaR community.

*2022-01-17, Online* - Heather Turner and Rita Giordano run package development workshop for [R-Ladies Remote](https://www.meetup.com/rladies-remote/events/283196926/)

*2022-01-14, Online* - Kevin O'Brien speaks at [Accra R Users Ghana Conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSAQ8IVFBFc)

*2022-01-12, New York* - Joyce Robbins leads package development workshop for
[R-Ladies NYC](https://www.rladiesnyc.org/post/package-development-2022/).

*2021-11-29, Online* - Emma Rand and Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel run train-the-trainer
workshop on using modularized package development training materials.

*2021-11-13, Online* - Heather Turner speaks at [R-Ladies Nairobi - 1st Anniversary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjvP_Gzqs6E).

*2021-11-10, Online* - Yanina Bellini Saibene co-chairs [LatinR2021](https://latin-r.com/) including keynote by Saranjeet Kaur on the
R Development Guide.

*2021-10-04* - Saranjeet Kaur and Heather Turner are selected for the Digital Infrastructure Incubator program funded by Code for Science and Society to work on [Building community around the R Development Guide](https://www.codeforsociety.org/incubator/projects/building-community-around-the-r-development-guide).

*2021-09-04, Online* - Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel speaks at [satRday Nairobi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UvWcabFseI).

*2021-08-01* - Forwards adopts [First Contributions](https://github.com/forwards/first-contributions/commits/master/README.md) GitHub repo and Zane Dax adds Spanish translation of documentation.

*2021-07-05, Online* - Forwards support for [useR! 2021](http://user2021.r-project.org/) includes Liz Hare co-developing [accessibility guidelines](https://user2021.r-project.org/participation/accessibility/#accessibility-guidelines) and Jonathan Godfrey speaking in joint keynote on [Tools and technologies for supporting algorithm fairness and inclusion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1vQjcSaEps&list=PL4IzsxWztPdmHoJwIVa4um44w2GMjctmP&index=1).

*2021/06/03, Online* - Kevin O’Brien co-organizes [R-Ladies Remote Takeover](https://www.youtube.com/c/WhyRFoundationVideos/search) of the Why R? Webinars.

*2021/05/17* - Noa Tamir starts as Senior Writer/Editor on [Google Season of Docs](https://github.com/rstats-gsod/gsod2021/wiki/GSOD-2021-Proposal) project
to develop documentation supporting *useR!* organization.

*2021/02/22* - Saranjeet Kaur starts 1-week project funded by the R Foundation t to develop a first version of the [R Development Guide](https://contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide/).

*2021/02/07, Online* - Kevin O’Brien starts [Why R? World Series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMUlj_pGn_mpO0B7eH9ao6SbPg0eLWLG) of video interviews.

*2021/02/01, Online* - Emma Rand and Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel teach package
development workshop as series of three 1-hour modules.

*2020/12/16, Lomé, Togo* - Forwards supports "Introduction to R" workshop, led by Anicet Ebou and Audrey Addablah.

*2020/07/24, Online* - Forwards co-founds the [R Contribution Working Group](https://contributor.r-project.org/working-group), aiming
to encourage new contributors to base R.

*2020/07/10, Online* - Richard Ngamita joins other community leaders in the
[Supporting diversity in the R community](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDO1OphmF5Q) panel at *useR! 2020*.

*2020/04/02, Online* - Kevin O'Brien works with Why R? Foundation to start the
online [Why R? Webinars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC1-B2RLGwk&list=PLKMUlj_pGn_nXxvVHPP7Mwzxv5zY98Gr-) giving broad access to R talks from a more diverse set of speakers.

*2020/03/04, Johannesburg* - Heather Turner starts a series of talks and workshops
as part of [Southern Africa Project 2020](http://localhost:6149/blog/2020/southern-africa-project-2020/).

*2020/02/29, Copenhagen* - Heather Turner spoke on "Moving Forwards: Greater Equity and Inclusion in the R Community" at [CelebRation 2020](https://biostatistics.dk/celebration2020/).

*2020/01/07, York* - Emma Rand and Susannah Cowtan teach a [Package development workshop for women & other underrepresented groups](Package development workshop for women & other underrepresented groups).

*2019/11/15, Cardiff* - Heather Turner organizes a hackathon as part of [satRday Cardiff 2019](https://cardiff2019.satrdays.org/) in partnership with Anna-Jayne Metcalfe, creato of [Transgender Day of Remebrance](https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/) website.

*2019/09/08, Charlottesville* - Samantha Toet and Angela Li teach Package Development Workshop at a weekend [R-Ladies Charlottesville Meetup](blog/2019/rladies-charlottesville-workshop-recap/).

*2019/07/09, Toulouse* - Forwards support [useR! 2019](http://user2019.r-project.org/) with accessibility, diversity scholarship scheme, conference buddies and code of conduct.

*2019/05/25* - [First ever R conference in East Africa: SatRdays Kampala 2019](https://kampala2019.satrdays.org/) **Lend your support to this pathbreaking conference by contributing to SatRdays Kampala's [Indiegogo campaign](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/satrdays-kampala-2019-fundraiser#/)**

![](images/AfricaR.png){fig-alt="AfricaR logo"}

*2019-04-06, Dublin* - Isabella Gollini, with Bruna Wundervald, Chiara Cotroneo, and Jo Niec, teach "Develop Packages in R"

*2019-03-30, Brisbane* - Di Cook and a team of brilliant women teach "R Coding Workshop for Year 11 Girls"

*2019-02-23, Chicago* - Stephanie Kirmer and Angela Li teach "Women's Package Development Workshop", hosted by [R-Ladies Chicago](https://rladieschicago.org)

*2018-11-24, Belgrade* - Tatjana Kecojevic teaches [klik-R workshop](http://klikr.rbind.io/2018/09/24/klikr-outlook/) on "Data Science Story Telling with R" for young people aged 13-18 years.

*2018-10-27, New York City* - Emily Dodwell and Joyce Robbins lead "Data Science in R: Coding Workshop for 11th and 12th Grade Girls"

*2018-07-30, Vancouver* - Di Cook serves as panelist on late breaking session at JSM2018, [*Addressing Sexual Misconduct in the Statistics Community*](http://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2018/onlineprogram/AbstractDetails.cfm?abstractid=329833) Organizer [blog post](http://statisticalrecipes.blogspot.com/2018/06/addressing-sexual-misconduct-in.html)

*2018-06-23, Cardiff, Wales* - Heather Turner teaches "Upgrade Your Workflow with a Custom Package" at [Cardiff satRday](https://cardiff2018.satrdays.org/)

*2018-05-24, Melbourne* - [Earo Wang](https://earo.me) leads "Package Development Workshop for Women: Everything you need to know to create your own R package" at [R Ladies Melbourne](https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/R-Ladies-Melbourne/events/250196006/) [slides]( http://slides.earo.me/rladies-pkg/#1), [code](https://github.com/earowang/rladies-pkg)

*2018-05-14, Budapest* - Package Development Workshop for Women at [eRum 2018](https://2018.erum.io/#talk-2-307)

*2017-12-08* - Girls coding workshop held at Auckland University

*2017-12-07* - Women's package writing workshop held at Auckland University, with instructors Hadley Wickham, Jenny Bryan, and Di Cook

*2017-10-28* - [Girls R coding workshop](https://forwards.github.io/blog/2017/11/20/girls-coding-workshop-melbourne/) held at the Kathleen Symes library in Melbourne.

*2017-07-12* - Julie Josse presents the results of the Forwards useR! 2016 survey at [useR! 2017](https://user2017.brussels/) [[Video](https://channel9.msdn.com/events/useR-international-R-User-conferences/useR-International-R-User-2017-Conference/Diversity-of-the-R-Community?term=useR!%20diversity)] [[Slides](http://schd.ws/hosted_files/user2017/7d/useR%212017.pdf)].

*2017-01-13* - Open call to join the taskforce, [further details](/blog/2017/01/13/call-to-join-forwards/).

*2016-11-13* - Heather Turner's presentation from [eRum 2016](http://erum.ue.poznan.pl/), "Addressing the Gender Gap in the R Project", now on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp6JY7cirww&list=PLCsJUtCRSFbejqCqAURNVOFFpoDCMeuO5) [[slides](http://rpubs.com/hturner/eRum2016)].

*2016-11-04* - Jenny Bryan, Di Cook and Julie Josse are elected as ordinary members of the R Foundation, bringing the total number of women to 5 out of 37.

*2016-10-20* - Di Cook presents the work of the task force at [Women in Statistics and Data Science 2016](https://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/wsds/2016/onlineprogram/AbstractDetails.cfm?AbstractID=303353).

*2016-08-22* - R Consortium approves funding for a [joint proposal](https://www.r-consortium.org/blog/2016/08/22/the-r-consortium-funds-three-projects-in-july) from the San Francisco and London R-ladies groups for alignment and global expansion.

*2016-06-27* - Proportion of women at useR! 2016 rises to 28% from 19% at useR! 2015.

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