Extending the Python Community to our Communities

Our Mission

Secure the bag

Establish guidance, mentorship, and career support for Black Python Devs Members

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Diversity By Inclusion

We encourage members to get involved beyond participation. Members can become maintainers, maintainers become leaders.

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Extend their reach

Great programs exist. Our goal is to help those programs make it our local communities.

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Say it loud!

Our stack and our decisions are open source by default and we share what we're doing as loudly and often as possible.

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Black Python Devs Partners with PyOhio to Foster Community Growth

We are thrilled to announce a significant new partnership between Black Python Devs and PyOhio! This collaboration marks a major milestone in our mission to amplify the involvement of Black developers within the Python community, with a particular focus on the Ohio region. Our financial support for PyOhio is designed to stimulate community engagement and foster growth in the years to come.

Black Python Developers Running for the 2024 Python Software Foundation Board

We are thrilled to announce that four exceptional Black Python developers are running for the Python Software Foundation (PSF) Board of Directors this year. The candidates are Monica Oyugi, Abigail Dogbe, Darrell Jenkins, and Jeremy Tanner. Their dedication and contributions to the Python community are truly inspiring.

Why We Use Black, Colored and Coloured when Describing Members

We’ve received concerns from (up to this point) entirely white folks on the internet about our usage of words like Colored and Coloured when regarding some of our members.

Support Black Python Devs

Black Python Devs is a Non-Profit, fiscally hosted under the GNOME Foundation. GNOME does take a percentage for operating costs for our account and administration but at least 90% of proceeds goes directly to Black Python Devs General Purpose Fund as detailed here.

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