Marlene Mhangami
D&I Workgroup Chair
Tereza Iofciu
D&I Workgroup Member
Deb Nicholson
Executive Director - The PSF
Phyllis Dobbs
Controller - The PSF
Joannah Nanjekye
Director - The PSF
Dawn Wages
Director - The PSF
Mannie Young
D&I Workgroup Member
Georgi Ker
D&I Workgroup Member
Iqbal Abdullah
D&I Workgroup Member
Reuven Lerner
D&I Workgroup Member
Sayantika Banik
D&I Workgroup Member
Sara EL-ATEIF
D&I Workgroup Member
What we will cover:
- Updates from the community.
- Spotlight from the communities highlighted activities and events
- PSF membership what PSF membership is all about and how it could benefit you.
- PSF Election. How does it work. Focused on solving problems.
- PyCon US 20 years celebration
- Travel grants for PyCon US and how you can apply.
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The Diversity and Inclusion Working Group is a volunteer workgroup of the Python Software
Foundation.transform the way people see
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world.
Our current active members are:
Marlene Mhangami (chair)
Anthony Shaw
Christian Heimes
Dustin Ingram
Débora Azevedo
Georgi Ker
Iqbal Abdullah
Lorena Mesa
Mannie Young
Reuven Lerner
Sara EL-ATEIF
Sayantika Banik
Tereza Iofciu
Other members include:
Anna Ossowski, Boluwaji Akinlade, Katia Lira, Manuel Kaufmann, Mariam Haji, Phoebe Chua
The workgroup's purpose is to further the PSF’s mission toto support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers. We also aim to provide guidance to the PSF Board of Directors in line with this mandate.
The core values for this group are: Inclusion, Empathy, Respect, Integrity, Equity and Belonging. The Workgroup aims to
1. Recruit globally representative Workgroup members. that will advocate for and provide insights on behalf of their local communities. Our members will, where possible, include representatives from each continent.
2. Discuss policy, initiatives and grant proposals to recommend to the PSF Board of Directors in line with the group’s purpose.
3. Communicate and collect feedbackfrom the Python community to understand how the PSF can better serve and grow a diverse membership.
4. Measure, evaluate, and share the PSF’s progresstowards its diversity initiatives on a regular basis
Community Spotlight
Motivational stories, Python heroes, out of ordinary events, interesting data. We share what's happening around the Python community.
What is this chat about?
In these events, we want the community the opportunity to learn more and engage with the PSF Diversity &
Inclusion work group.
- You can join the event and learn about updates from the community and also share updates if you have any.
- You can learn about the various PSF memberships and what does it mean to be a contributing member of the python community.
- You can ask anything about the Python community work and initiatives.
How can I join the Friendly D&I Chat?
You can join the live event, we will post links to the hosting platform shortly. Alternatively you can also watch the event live stream and post your questions in chat.
How do I save the date?
The event page will give the option to add it to your calendar in your timezone.
I cannot join at the time of the event, will the
event be recorded?
The event will be recorded and live-streamed. It will stay online afterwards for people to watch later.
I would love to join the D&I work group, do you
take any new members?
Since the group started we have not taken any new members, however this year (2023) we will start taking new members again. Pls refer to the official page for more information on that (https://wiki.python.org/psf/DiversityandInclusionWG)
Is the event paid?
Nope, its free for the community and will be streamed online