The Linux Foundation is adding seven open source projects aimed at pooling open source software expertise to promote racial justice to its Call for Code initiative.
Call for Code was established in 2018 to bring together technical resources and expertise from partners like David Clark Cause, the Linux Foundation, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, IBM, and IBM subsidiary Red Hat to confront big social problems like climate change through a set of global challenges.
In October 2020, Call for Code for Racial Justice was established in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others to focus those same resources on pushing for police and judicial reform, encouraging diverse representation in tech, and promoting broad policy and legislation reform.