Centering Community is one of CC’s three strategic priorities. We have a rich history of engaging with experts and advocates to further our mission of empowering individuals and communities around the world through technical and legal solutions, as well as establishing shared advocacy priorities,that enable the sharing of education, culture, and science in the public interest.
The Creative Commons Global Community is made up of individuals from around the world representing over 60 countries. *New* Membership in the CC community is open to anyone and CC Global Network membership is no longer a requirement.
Join us! Fill out our intake form to join the CC community, to participate in our community chat platform, Zulip, and be added to our community newsletter.
Get Involved
There are a number of ways you can contribute your time to the open movement depending on your skills and interest. Here are some places you can start:
- Share your work under an open license!
- See what CC resources might need translating into another language and publish your translations! Anything under a CC license aside from “ND” is open for translations.
- Contribute to ongoing License & resource translations [additional opportunities for formalized translations coming in 2026]
- Host a training or event in our region about CC licenses and Open Access.
- Work with our Open Source team to support the development of our free open source software projects.
- Join Zuilp, our community chat platform, and become a channel moderator.
- Connect with your local chapter or consider helping to start a new one.
More ways you’d like to help? Want to collaborate with others on something you’re working on? Use Zulip to connect with people around the globe about open access. You can also contact community@creativecommons.org and tell us more about how you want to contribute!
Creative Commons Global Network
The CC Global Network is a formalized body with chapters, platforms, and vetted membership. We are currently undergoing a process of improving our community structures to be more agile and increase engagement. You can follow updates on this process by reading our blog under community.
CC Chapters
Creative Commons has over 40 chapters worldwide. In the coming years, we are excited to re-establish norms and guidelines for these chapters to align on best practices, encourage fair and inclusive membership and elections, and help to facilitate local activities, trainings and advocacy for open access in their countries.
If your country is not listed above and you’re interested in forming a new country chapter, please get in touch with us at community@creativecommons.org. You can find contact information for existing chapters here.
Community Groups
We are excited to support community members in connecting on specific topics in our Communities of Practice. In years prior, CC hosted three platforms: the Open Culture Platform, Open Education Platform, and Copyright Platform. We will be centralizing the work of these thematic Communities of Practice (formerly platforms) with ad-hoc topic based meetings and opportunities for working groups around topics of interest to the community.
As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, we are trying something new. We will be moving toward open invitations to the whole community for theme-based meetings as a part of our virtual programming in 2026. This will allow more collaboration across disciplines through Zulip, virtual meetups with open invitations to the whole community, and more.
Interested in moderating a specific topic? Let us know by emailing community@creativecommons.org.
Community Blog: We Like To Share
We invite community members to submit writing about your work related to Creative Commons and the Open Movement to our Medium Blog.
This is a great place to read about others’ work in the movement, showcase your own achievements, share strategies for organizing, and showcase the importance of open advocacy in your contexts.
Community Funding
Historically, CC has supported the community through funding opportunities such as the Activity Fund where platform members could apply for small grants to support local projects. At this time, we are unable to continue to support this work.
We are, however, exploring supporting a couple of regional events with small grants each year. If you have an established community in your region and you would like to work together to host an event outside of North America or Europe, please let us know and we may be able to provide some modest financial support for your event.