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Founding and scaling Black Python Devs as a community hub that triples Black attendance at PyCon 2023, launches a Discord that grew from 5 to 427 members, and registers as a nonprofit powered by GNOME. The talk gives concrete actions: a Build Black Leadership Opportunity fund that brought four leaders to PyCon US, plans to give 75 student tickets to PyCon Nigeria, a $5,000 goal to sponsor seven local conferences, and partnerships with JetBrains for infrastructure and outreach to historically Black institutions.

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1. 0:00My Python journey
2. 15:14Wakanda forever
3. 17:02Safety and equity
4. 20:58Building black python devs
5. 25:47From community to non-profit
6. 28:40Leadership and impact
7. 35:20Get involved and connect

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