diff --git a/_includes/event-cards.html b/_includes/event-cards.html
index a7a5816d..ef24d0e9 100644
--- a/_includes/event-cards.html
+++ b/_includes/event-cards.html
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
+{% assign event_type = post.event.event_type | downcase %}
+{% assign event_type_label = "" %}
+{% if event_type == "training" %}
+  {% assign event_type_label = "Training" %}
+{% elsif event_type == "sprint" %}
+  {% assign event_type_label = "Sprint" %}
+{% elsif event_type == "talk" %}
+  {% assign event_type_label = "Talk" %}
+{% elsif event_type == "community" %}
+  {% assign event_type_label = "Community event" %}
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if include.compact %}
   <article class="event-card event-card--compact">
     <div class="event-card__content">
       <div class="event-card__details">
+        {% if event_type_label != "" %}
+          <span class="event-card__type event-card__type--{{ event_type }}">
+            {{ event_type_label }}
+          </span>
+        {% endif %}
         <p class="event-card__date-line">{{ post.event.start_date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</p>
         <h3 class="event-card__title">{{ post.title | markdownify | strip_html }}</h3>
         <p class="event-card__location">{{ post.event.location }}</p>
@@ -39,6 +56,11 @@ <h3 class="event-card__title">{{ post.title | markdownify | strip_html }}</h3>
             </div>
           </div>
           <div class="event-card__details">
+            {% if event_type_label != "" %}
+              <span class="event-card__type event-card__type--{{ event_type }}">
+                {{ event_type_label }}
+              </span>
+            {% endif %}
             <h3 class="event-card__title">{{ post.title | markdownify | strip_html }}</h3>
             <p>{{ post.excerpt }}</p>
             {% if include.show_button != false %}
diff --git a/_posts/events/2024-04-29-create-your-first-python-package-pyopensci-online-workshop.md b/_posts/events/2024-04-29-create-your-first-python-package-pyopensci-online-workshop.md
index 72767013..411db6f4 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2024-04-29-create-your-first-python-package-pyopensci-online-workshop.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2024-04-29-create-your-first-python-package-pyopensci-online-workshop.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ event:
   start_date: 2024-04-29
   cost: 10$
   location: Online
+  event_type: training
 permalink: /events/april-2024-create-python-package-pyopensci-online-workshop.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2024-06-25-create-your-first-python-package-scipy-2024.md b/_posts/events/2024-06-25-create-your-first-python-package-scipy-2024.md
index c5ff2987..3432bafe 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2024-06-25-create-your-first-python-package-scipy-2024.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2024-06-25-create-your-first-python-package-scipy-2024.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ event:
   start_date: 2024-07-13
   cost: Registration through the scipy meeting
   location: Online
+  event_type: training
 classes: wide
 type: "event"
 comments: true
diff --git a/_posts/events/2024-08-09-pyopensci-fall-festival.md b/_posts/events/2024-08-09-pyopensci-fall-festival.md
index c42cd802..d9ef1e69 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2024-08-09-pyopensci-fall-festival.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2024-08-09-pyopensci-fall-festival.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ event:
   start_date: "2024-10-28"
   end_date: "2024-11-01"
   location: Online using Spatial Chat
+  event_type: community
 permalink: /events/pyopensci-2024-fall-festival.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2025-04-22-community-call-contribute-open-source.md b/_posts/events/2025-04-22-community-call-contribute-open-source.md
index 0de2800c..7f78edef 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2025-04-22-community-call-contribute-open-source.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2025-04-22-community-call-contribute-open-source.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ author: "pyopensci"
 event:
   start_date: "2025-05-05"
   location: Online
+  event_type: community
 permalink: /events/pyopensci-community-call-may-2025.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-bof.md b/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-bof.md
index ead4c267..dfe8872a 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-bof.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-bof.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ author: "pyopensci"
 event:
   start_date: "2025-07-10"
   location: Online
+  event_type: community
 permalink: /events/pyopensci-scipy25-bof-packaging-challenges.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-create-python-package.md b/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-create-python-package.md
index 50fb07fc..7e85972b 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-create-python-package.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2025-06-24-scipy25-create-python-package.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ author: "pyopensci"
 event:
   start_date: "2025-07-08"
   location: Online
+  event_type: training
 permalink: /events/pyopensci-scipy25-create-python-package-workshop.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2025-06-24-stanford-ospo-peer-review-deep-dive.md b/_posts/events/2025-06-24-stanford-ospo-peer-review-deep-dive.md
index ecefbb98..9cdc0f22 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2025-06-24-stanford-ospo-peer-review-deep-dive.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2025-06-24-stanford-ospo-peer-review-deep-dive.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ author: "pyopensci"
 event:
   start_date: "2025-08-07"
   location: Online
+  event_type: talk
 permalink: /events/pyopensci-stanford-ospo-peer-review.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2025-09-02-stanford-ospo-how-to-create-a-python-package-workshop.md b/_posts/events/2025-09-02-stanford-ospo-how-to-create-a-python-package-workshop.md
index c441b686..dc37f1a8 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2025-09-02-stanford-ospo-how-to-create-a-python-package-workshop.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2025-09-02-stanford-ospo-how-to-create-a-python-package-workshop.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ event:
   start_date: "2025-10-02"
   location: Online
   cost: This workshop is paid through Stanford's membership with pyOpenSci.
+  event_type: training
 permalink: /events/pyopensci-stanford-create-python-package-workshop.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2025-09-08-workshop-create-python-package-2hour.md b/_posts/events/2025-09-08-workshop-create-python-package-2hour.md
index 9fe3db75..4fd803f0 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2025-09-08-workshop-create-python-package-2hour.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2025-09-08-workshop-create-python-package-2hour.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ author: "pyopensci"
 event:
   start_date: "2025-11-06"
   location: Online
+  event_type: training
 permalink: /events/python-packaging-workshop-november-2025.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2026-03-03-course-python-packaging-gen-ai.md b/_posts/events/2026-03-03-course-python-packaging-gen-ai.md
index 77fcdc97..43488485 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2026-03-03-course-python-packaging-gen-ai.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2026-03-03-course-python-packaging-gen-ai.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ event:
   start_date: "2026-04-10"
   end_date: "2026-04-23"
   location: Online
+  event_type: training
 permalink: /events/shipit-python-package-gen-ai-april-2026.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2026-05-16-pycon-us-maintainers-summit.md b/_posts/events/2026-05-16-pycon-us-maintainers-summit.md
index cd84134d..21045879 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2026-05-16-pycon-us-maintainers-summit.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2026-05-16-pycon-us-maintainers-summit.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ event:
   start_date: 2026-05-16
   end_date: 2026-05-16
   location: "Long Beach, CA"
+  event_type: community
 permalink: /events/2026-pycon-us-maintainers-summit.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sprints-2025.png
diff --git a/_posts/events/2026-05-17-pycon-us-development-sprint.md b/_posts/events/2026-05-17-pycon-us-development-sprint.md
index 9ce43228..e19aee9b 100644
--- a/_posts/events/2026-05-17-pycon-us-development-sprint.md
+++ b/_posts/events/2026-05-17-pycon-us-development-sprint.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ event:
   start_date: 2026-05-17
   end_date: 2026-05-17
   location: "Long Beach, CA"
+  event_type: sprint
 permalink: /events/2026-pycon-us-development-sprint.html
 header:
   overlay_image: images/headers/pyopensci-sprints-2025.png
diff --git a/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_pyos-cards.scss b/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_pyos-cards.scss
index 7d7442c3..92c4446b 100644
--- a/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_pyos-cards.scss
+++ b/_sass/minimal-mistakes/_pyos-cards.scss
@@ -306,10 +306,12 @@
       flex-grow: 1;
       min-width: 0;
       padding: 1rem;
+      padding-top: 2.8rem;
       display: flex;
       flex-direction: column;
       justify-content: center;
       overflow-wrap: break-word;
+      position: relative;
 
       h3 {
         margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
@@ -332,6 +334,40 @@
         }
       }
     }
+
+    &__type {
+      position: absolute;
+      top: 0.8rem;
+      right: 0.8rem;
+      display: inline-flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      border-radius: 9999px;
+      padding: 0.2rem 0.6rem;
+      font-size: $type-size-card-meta;
+      line-height: 1.2;
+      font-weight: $semibold-weight;
+      white-space: nowrap;
+    }
+
+    &__type--training {
+      background-color: $pyos-teal;
+      color: $pyos-brand-dark-purple;
+    }
+
+    &__type--sprint {
+      background-color: $pyos-lightpurple;
+      color: $pyos-brand-dark-purple;
+    }
+
+    &__type--talk {
+      background-color: $pyos-softpurple;
+      color: $pyos-brand-dark-purple;
+    }
+
+    &__type--community {
+      background-color: $pyos-brand-dark-purple;
+      color: $pyos-white;
+    }
   }
 
 
@@ -416,7 +452,7 @@
   .event-card__details {
     min-width: 0;
     max-width: 100%;
-    padding: 1rem 1.25rem 1.05rem;
+    padding: 2.45rem 1.25rem 1.05rem;
   }
 
   .event-card__date-line {
@@ -585,7 +621,7 @@
   .event-card__details {
     min-width: 0;
     max-width: 100%;
-    padding: 0.9rem 1.1rem 0.85rem;
+    padding: 2.2rem 1.1rem 0.85rem;
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
     height: 100%;