diff --git a/_includes/_section-about.html b/_includes/_section-about.html
index 860381c4..a44560f6 100644
--- a/_includes/_section-about.html
+++ b/_includes/_section-about.html
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   <div class="container">
     <div class="section-header">
       <h2><span>{{site.data.description.aboutTitle}}</span></h2>
-      <p>{{{site.data.description.aboutDescription}}</p>
+      <p>
+        Typelevel is a community working together since 2013 to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and safe environment around functional programming in Scala.
+        Our ecosystem of libraries is mature and widely adopted.
+      </p>
     </div>
     <div class="section-cta">
         <a class="button button-primary" href="{{ site.baseurl }}/about/">About Typelevel</a>