diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-events-data.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-events-data.yml
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+name: Validate Community Events Data
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  validate_user_groups_data:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: chrisdickinson/setup-yq@latest
+        with:
+          yq-version: 'v4.9.5'
+      - run: |
+         jsonschema -i <(yq eval --tojson -j data/events.yml) data/schemas/events.json
+         echo "community events data is valid!"
diff --git a/data/schemas/events.json b/data/schemas/events.json
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+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "type": "array",
+  "items": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+      "lang": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "startDate": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "endDate": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "location": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "speaker": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "title": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "subject": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "url": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "online": {
+        "type": "boolean"
+      },
+      "content": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "slides": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "video": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "additionalProperties": false
+      }
+    },
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "required": [
+      "lang",
+      "startDate",
+      "endDate",
+      "speaker",
+      "title",
+      "subject",
+      "url"
+    ]
+  }
+}