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title: "Solid Community"
description: "Solid is powered by a community of passionate volunteers committed to the project's success."
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  <p>Solid is powered by a community of passionate volunteers committed to the project's success.</p>
  <p>As of October 2024, the Open Data Institute (ODI) has <a href="https://theodi.org/news-and-events/news/odi-and-solid-come-together-to-give-individuals-greater-control-over-personal-data/">committed to provide organisational stewardship and support to the project</a>.</p>
  <p>Everyone is welcome in the Solid community - discover ways to join and contribute to the Solid community.</p>
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  <h2 id="where_to_collaborate" property="name">Where to Collaborate</h2>
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        <a href="https://forum.solidproject.org" rel="rdfs:seeAlso">
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            <h3>Solid Project Forum</h3>
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          <p>Create and respond to comments, questions, and discussions happening in the community.</p>
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        <a href="https://matrix.to/#/%23solid_project%3Amatrix.org" rel="rdfs:seeAlso">
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            <img alt="solid logo" src="/assets/img/logo/solid-forum.svg" />
            <h3>Solid Matrix Chat</h3>
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          <p>The Solid Project room on Matrix is a live chat where community members can connect on everything Solid related.</p>
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      <li>
        <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/solid/" rel="rdfs:seeAlso">
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            <h3>W3C Solid Community Group</h3>
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          <p>Learn about and work on Solid specifications.</p>
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  <h2 id="meet_the_community" property="name">Meet the community</h2>
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    <p>The <a href="/events">Solid Events page</a> lists online and in person meetings relevant to the Solid ecosystem.</p>
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