Boston Python Workshop

Our goal is to increase Python community diversity through programming outreach events. Basic programming skills are so empowering and useful that we think everyone should have them.

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How does it work?
The Boston Python Workshop is a series of 1.5 day project-driven workshops and follow-up events aimed at beginning Python programmers. These are free events staffed by volunteers from the local programming and open source communities. We work closely with the Boston Python Meetup, a large local Python user group. The event is part of the OpenHatch event series.

Why are we doing this?
Our goal is to increase Python community diversity through programming outreach events. Basic programming skills are so empowering and useful that we think everyone should have them.

Most directly, with every workshop we get to introduce 30 or 40 women and their friends to programming in Python. We also strive to:

 Show new programmers and the Boston Python community examples of smart, confident, capable programmers of all backgrounds. Bring new, awesome, diverse people into local Python programming communities through diversity and outreach events. Inspire other people to run their own introductory workshops and outreach events, and to get more user groups thinking about diversity and outreach. 

Upcoming events
The Fifth Boston Python Workshop will run in November at MIT.

Past events and history
 A follow-up Project Night to the fourth Workshop ran October 4th at Microsoft New England The Fourth Boston Python Workshop ran September 30th and October 1st at MIT. Check out some great photos from the event. Staff from the Boston Python Workshop spoke at Software Freedom Day 2011 Boston. Staff from the Boston Python Workshop spoke at Google CAPE, a summer computing and programming experience at Google's Cambridge, MA office for middle school students.</li> Staff from the Boston Python Workshop spoke at the Artemis Project, a summer computer science camp at Boston University for high school girls.</li> A follow-up Project Night to the third Workshop ran July 12th at Microsoft New England</li> The Third Boston Python Workshop ran July 8th and 9th at Google Cambridge. Check out some great photos from the event.</li> A follow-up | Project Night to the second Workshop ran May 20th at Microsoft New England</li> The Second Boston Python Workshop ran May 13th and 14th at HubSpot. Check out some great photos from the event.</li> Staff from the Boston Python Workshop spoke at the | Boston Python Meetup on Education and Community on April 11th</li> A follow-up | Project Night to the first Workshop ran April 26th at Performable</li> The First Boston Python Workshop ran March 4th and 5th at Microsoft New England. Check out some great photos from the event.</li> </ul>

Get involved
 join us on the | OpenHatch events list, where this and other workshops meet to share and plan outreach events.</li> Say hello in #openhatch on Freenode.</li> Follow us on Twitter and Identi.ca.</li> </ul>

Press

 * Lessons learned from the Boston Python Workshop, an outreach event for women
 * A Geek Feminism re-post with more great discussion
 * Toronto: Mobilizing Ladies Learning to Code Python
 * How RailsBridge has inspired OpenHatch events
 * Roundup: Python Outreach Workshops for Women