series of listening sessions with mentors and community coordinators to discuss potential financial cuts to the program. We discussed two possible options to reduce program costs: cutting the Outreachy cohorts from two per year to one (by not running any December cohorts) or reducing Outreachy program activities overall. Thank you for all the valuable feedback from mentors, communities, alums, and long-time supporters on this tough conversation.</p>

  <h3>What This Means for Participating Communities</h3>
