Keynote: DjangoGirls: It takes a Village
summary
DjangoGirls reports concrete impact: an army of 2,000+ volunteers runs 1,000+ events across 580 cities in 108 countries and 23,000 past attendees; the free tutorial exists in 20 languages and reaches about 4 million unique users now. The organization ships a podcast (8 episodes, ~200 minutes, ~1,500 plays across 74 countries), maintains a code-of-conduct enforcement team, tracks contribution tickets on GitHub, and relies on local mentors, sponsors and conference partnerships to create repeatable, sustainable pathways into web development.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 2:54History and impact of DjangoGirls
- 7:31DjangoGirls podcast and stories
- 19:54What it takes a village means
- 35:25Building a healthy DjangoGirls community
- 46:02Sustainable village and future plans
- 51:20Q&A and closing remarks
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