Scaling community diversity outreach - a panel with Asheesh Laroia, Jessica McKellar, Dana Bauer, and Daniel Choi

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1. The Boston Python
   Workshop
   

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2. History
   

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3. Building a pipeline
   

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4. Impact
   

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10. Start locally, end globally
    

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11. Daniel Choi
    Twitter: @danchoi
    Github: danchoi
    Cambridge, MA (Boston!)
    

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14. Vim + Gmail = Vmail YAY!
    

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16. May 18, 2012
    We admit we have a problem
    

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17. 2010
    We tried outreach. We crashed and burned.
    

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19. We found Jessica & Asheesh!
    

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20. BOSTON RUBY PROJECT NIGHTS
    Every month, June – the present
    

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24. AUGUST RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP
    @ Harvard Law School
    44 beginners (36 women)
    17 teaching assistants,
    Including 6 lecturers
    

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31. NOVEMBER RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP
    @ MIT
    60 beginners, including 47 women
    25 teaching assistants
    

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40. JANUARY RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP
    @intelligent.ly
    37 attendees
    

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43. MARCH RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP
    @ MIT
    60 beginners
    23 teaching assistants
    1 shooting scare
    

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50. I loved the empowerment and encouragement
    that flowed through all the coursework, marketing
    materials, and interactions throughout the day.
    Learning to code isn't easy, and it can be
    particularly intimidating as a female, but I felt
    extremely comfortable at the workshop and am
    excited to delve into the resources in the Boston
    Community...
    

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51. Thank you Python Community
    

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53. Dana Bauer
    @geography76
    

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54. !workshops
    

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55. "#project nights
    

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56. !"#graduates
    

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59. http://flic.kr/p/4pdeJz
    

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