In reply to Bianca.

Mary,

If you are choosing on criteria other than pure ability then the team is not the best it could be.

Re solving the broader problem in society I’d make the following points

I don’t think that problem exists in the WordPress community
I don’t that this gesture will help the problem elsewhere, if it is noticed outside at all it will be dismissed.
I think WordPress should concentrate on building the best cms possible rather than tryto solve the broader problems in society.