About Black Python Devs

Black Python Devs was created by its founder Jay Miller after seeing a trend of the same handful of Black developers speaking at major conferences, taking leadership positions, and dealing with the same challenges towards burnout.

After attending PyCon US in 2022, he noticed they were able to physically count the number of Black developers that attended in person and that they made up LESS THAN 0.01% of the total attendees. Jay began asking speakers Black Pythonistas if they considered connecting with the community and the almost unanimous response was "Why would I do that?". After some encouragement one person was convinced to give a lightning talk.

In the following year, we saw that person get more involved in their local user group and make connections that helped lead to forward progress in their career development.That same person was accepted to speak at PyCon US in 2023. With much push from community in Africa and Brazil, we saw the total number of Black attendees in 2023 triple in number.

At PyCon US 2023 after an open space a Discord server called Black Python Devs was created where the community could continue to encourage this momentum and support one another.

Our Principles

• Diverse Leadership: We build and support diverse leadership in Python globally.
• Financial Support: We provide financial support for Python and tech communities in Black communities, whether predominantly Black spaces or Black spaces within predominantly non-Black spaces.
• Collective Voice: We speak as a collection of Black leaders on how decisions impact Black developers at multiple career levels.
• Community & Belonging: We provide a community where people of color can see developers with similar backgrounds and build strong bonds in the tech space.

Community Support

We're hoping to continue growing the diverse communities we support. Python is everywhere, and we've primarily been focusing on groups under the PSF umbrella of influence, but we hope that expands to the diaspora communities as well as communities completely unaware of Python's official community efforts.

Leadership Team

Jay Miller
Executor (Global)

Nick Muoh
Executor (US/Canada)

Denny Perez
Executor (LATAM)

Emmanuel Ugwu
Executor (Africa)

Damilola Oladele
Executor (Africa - Western)

Kudzayi Bamhare
Executor (Africa Southern)

Brayan Kai
Executor (Africa - Eastern)

Team Leads

Advisors

BPD Leadership Council

We also vet our actions through our Black Python Devs Leadership Council made up of members who serve as Python Community leaders on a local, regional, or global scale.

Join the Community

The Black Python Devs Community is a vibrant group of developers who are passionate about Python and coding. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, there's a place for you here.