The ideas of open-source are inherently authentic and why I feel everyone should contribute to the WordPress.org project.

Why?

Short explanation of how WordPress as open-source software is like several other open projects like languages and other technologies. Our lives are surrounded thanks to knowledge of the commons.
Hence open-source is authentic.

How?

If open-source or open systems are authentic and make up our lives, then participation in such projects can be considered as examples of similar to living fully.

Where?

Some teams at Make.wordpress.org
– Start your meetup, community

What you get

– Share your knowledge
– Teach someone, be their mentor
– Find your mentors
– Sense of belonging
– Sense of accomplishment (at least for me)