Want More Women in Tech? Start with Django Girls
summary
Django Girls is a free weekend workshop that uses the official Django tutorial, mentor-led pairs, and a Friday install party to get absolute beginners coding; Kansas City runs it with 110 attendees, 35 mentors and about $7,000 budget, though small versions of 18 attendees also work. Organizing uses a sponsor prospectus, targeted network asks (one contact yielded a $900 check), volunteer roles (coach, attendee coordinator, diversity lead), onsite extras like Friday install party and post-event followup to turn learners into job candidates.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to Django Girls
- 2:16Why Django Girls matters
- 5:27You can organize this event
- 9:00Planning the workshop
- 10:46Finding sponsors
- 13:16Recruiting mentors and attendees
- 15:45Final preparations and event day
- 17:48Post-event engagement
- 18:32Next steps for your community
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