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-# cell-census
-CELLxGENE Cell Census
+# CELLxGENE Cell Census
+
+This repository contains documentation and example code related to the Chan Zuckerberg CELLxGENE Cell Census.
+
+The CZ Cell Census is an aggregation of all public single cell data available in [CELLxGENE Discover](https://cellxgene.cziscience.com/), published in API-accessible formats, including the [SOMA API](https://github.com/single-cell-data/).
+
+### Reuse
+
+The contents of this Github repository are freely available for reuse under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Data in the CZ Cell Census are available for re-use under the [CC-BY license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
+
+### For More Help
+
+Please file a issue on this repo, or contact us at <cellxgene@chanzuckerberg.com>
+
+### Security
+
+If you believe you have found a security issue, we would appreciate notification. Please send email to <security@chanzuckerberg.com>.
+
+### Code of Conduct
+
+This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant [code of conduct](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to <opensource@chanzuckerberg.com>.
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+If you believe you have found a security issue, we would appreciate notification. Please send email to <security@chanzuckerberg.com>.