☀️ Coding Grace - May & June Newsletter ☀️

Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather. A lot has happened the past couple of months, and there's great news & events coming up from the community. Here we go! 👀

🦄 DjangoCon Europe was in Dublin and I couldn't let that opportunity go since they are in town and all, helping out in their Code of Conduct team (it was my first time screening all talks and lightning talks, something that other conference organisers should consider, the extra work was worth it).

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🐍🦄 Can't believe that it's been a few days since the #DjangoGirls Dublin workshop at #DjangoConEurope25, thank you so much to all who came to the workshop. We had nearly 20 people (coaches and participants) on the day. I want to personally thank everyone again for all their help: ✨ Our coaches and volunteers: Andrea Fagan, Laís Carvalho, Marjia Siddik, vishal vatsa 🙏 I want to say a huge thanks to the following coaches who stepped in last minute coaches to help us out: Samson Oloruntola, Raffaella Suardini, Michael Twomey & Raul Tavares 🫶 Shout out to Miguel Magalhaes, Eliana Rosselli, Bia Rodrigues, Luiz Vaz, David, and the rest of the DjangoCon Europe team hosting our workshop, making sure we take our breaks, dropping in and checking in to make sure we are okay through out the day. And to Thibaud Colas for the rare #Django stickers. Thank you! (Please tag folks for me if they are on LI.) 🎓 Everyone learnt so much from one another, each workshop is so unique even though the resource is the same. With willingness and patience, we tackle challenges, and showed that it's also ok to not know everything. 🥰 Thank you all for a memorable day, and folks are welcome to join our server to keep connected, keep asking those questions, and lend us more ideas on how we can help and support those who want to learn as well as those who want to get into the industry. https://lnkd.in/dXEjM5HV #DjangoConEurope #DjangoConEU Django Girls #DiversityInTech #TechCommunity #IrishTechCommunity #Django #Python PyLadies Dublin Python Ireland

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✨ I organised DjangoGirls Dublin workshop hosted by DjangoCon Europe which was attended by nearly 20 people (participants and coaches) during their sprints weekend, the community pulled together jumping in with extra helping hands when we were short, and organisers checked in to make sure we took our breaks and are ok through out the day. It made running the workshop even more inclusive for everyone all round.

❤️ It was exciting to see the launch of the official UCD archive of WITS Ireland, 35 years of artefacts that are carefully archived and documented by UCD archivists. Meeting current and past luminaries regaling stories and the history of WITS over tea and coffee, the time slipped by so fast. It's great to hear that WITS Ireland will be planning more coffee mornings to discuss their archival progress.
🔍 If anyone has anything like newsletters, clippings, photos of WITS Ireland's past, please send them to info@witsireland.com.

🫖 Tea and coffee socials are certainly popular! PyLadies Dublin had a tea & coffee social at KC Peaches upstairs on Dame Street last month and it was packed. So back with popular demand, PyLadies Dublin tea & coffee social is back on Sat May 10th. See you all there, no experience of Python required.

🙌 We are also delighted to be a Community Partner of TechFoundHer again this year. The TechFoundHer Summit is back again at The Round Room on Wed May 14th. And a double-surprise is Show Her the Money is back in Dublin, it will be screened at the end of the summit, and it's included in the ticket.

🎉 More good news! Dublin Maker is back and it will be a new location this year, Leopardstown Racecourse. It will take place on Aug 30 - 31, the festival is free bringing together and celebrating makers, crafters, coders and inventors from all over Ireland. Their Open Call for Makers is open right now! Get your crafty hats on and submit your project!

💬 To keep the conversation going, join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/PVNQcpH4gq

🌈 We are delighted to have fourTheorem back on board to support us as one of our sponsors, and a huge thanks to ShipItCon and their community for their kind donation.
🌈 A special shout out to Romero Games for their donation.
🌈 Dublin City PPN - Community Partner, we are also members.

🌈 For our long time supporters and those who contributed recently, thank you on behalf of the team. 

💖 If you want to be involved with Coding Grace, there are different ways from offering to mentoring 🧑‍🏫, collaborating 🤝, help spreading the word about us 💬, and financial contributions 🤲.

💟 And a huge thanks to our regular Open Collective contributors 🙏

📢 CFP for Open Source Meetup by NGINX

🗓️ May 21 | 📍 Workday, D7
ℹ️ https://www.meetup.com/nginx-community-group-dublin-chapter/events/307682973
⏳ CFP closing date: Wed May 14

If you're interested in speaking at the Open Source Technology Community Meetup hosted by NGINX on 21 May, please submit your talk proposal via this form. CFP due date is Wednesday, 14 May. 

Note: We are prioritising topics that are of interest to open source technologists. Product pitches and commercial sales advocacy will not be accepted. 

📢 Dublin Maker 2025 - Open Call for Makers

🗓️ Aug 30 - 31 | 📍 Leopardstown Racecourse
ℹ️ https://dublinmaker.ie

We are super excited about how much we have grown over the last 13 years. Following on from the success of last year, we are continuing to hold Dublin Maker over two days! Moer time means more fun!

Dublin Maker is made up completely from projects submitted through our open call. So we need you to apply to make it great.

🎤 HEAnet Conference: Call for Speakers

🗓️ Nov 5-7 | 📍 Great Southern Killarney
ℹ️ https://www.heanet.ie/conference/2025
⏳ CFP closes: Midnight on Friday 30 May 2025

[HEAnet's] annual event brings together leading ICT experts, researchers, and professionals in the education and research sector.  
The conference provides a platform for knowledge sharing, discussion, and innovation. We invite you to submit your proposals for Presentations and Lightning Talks to contribute to this dynamic event.

🎤 Wexford Tech Meetup: Call for Speakers

Wexford Tech Meetup Speaker

We welcome a wide range of talk topics from within the tech space. This can include topics from different disciplines such as engineering, design, product, marketing, you get the idea 😄 Don’t worry, you don’t have to finalise your talk outline for this. Just give us a rough idea of what you would like to speak about. We will reach out to chat to you about availability and scheduling, so you are not committing to anything right now!

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🎤 PyLadies Dublin: Call for Speakers 2025

PyLadies Dublin Monthly Meetups: Call for Speakers

PyLadies Dublin are monthly meetups hosted in-person or remotely (possibly hybrid in the future).These meetups are free, and are open to everyone of a…

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Looking to share or run something with us?
⚡️ Lightning Talks
💻 Workshops
🎤 Show & Tell
⚙️ Maker activity
💟 Other ideas for an event

Any questions, or looking to sponsor/host our event, email: dublin@pyladies.com

📢 Dogpatch Labs: Calling all women building in health-tech

🗓️ Friday, 13th June (From 10:30) | 📍 Portershed, Galway

They are bringing 100 women founders together for one powerful day in PorterShed, Galway

📢 EuroPython FinAid Round 2 Applications

🗓️ Conference: Jul 14-20, 2025 | 📍 Prague
ℹ️ https://ep2025.europython.eu
⏳ Round 2 Financial Applications closes: Friday May 9th, 2025 (AoE)

📢 Rethink Ireland: Empower Tech Futures Fund

⏳ Applications closes: Thursday May 15th, 2025 (13:00)

Rethink Ireland with the support of the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, the Department of Rural and Community Development and BNY has created a three-year Empower Tech Futures Fund to support up to 5 projects or organisations over 3 years that are supporting vulnerable young adults aged 18-30 into employment, with a special focus on digital and technology skills and the Dublin and/or Cork regions.

(In-Person) WTM Belfast Book Club #9 @ Rapid7
Tue May 6, 2025 (18:00)

(In-Person) Cork Female Coders - Coffee Meetup
Tue May 6, 2025 (18:30)

NCAD Director Spotlight - "In Response to EDI Backlash"
Thu May 8, 2025 (17:00)

Black Women in Tech: The Dinner Link-Up: Dublin Edition - Share, Connect, Grow
Thu May 8, 2025 (19:00)

(In-Person) TechFoundHer Summit 2025 - Women Innovators Rise @ The Round Room
Wed May 14, 2025

(In-Person) TechFoundHer: Wendy Ryan presents: Your Leadership Story Workshop
Thu May 15, 2025 (08:30)

(In-Person) The Irish Women Lawyers Association and Simple Probate: Scroll, Click, Comply: The Future of Law and Technology @ Dogpatch Labs
Thu May 15, 2025 (18:00)

(In-Person) Cork Female Coders: An Introduction to APIs by Carrie O'Sullivan (Kinsale)
Sat May 17, 2025 (15:00) 

(In-Person) Cork Female Coders - Coffee Meetup
Tue May 20, 2025 (18:30)

(Online) Awakenhub: Navigating the Funding Landscape in Northern Ireland
Thu May 22, 2025 (12:00)

(In-Person) 💠AtlanTec Festival 2025 Fringe Event💠 Women of Impact (Galway)
Thu May 22, 2025 (15:00) 

(Online) Awakenhub: Ditch the Pitch!
Thu May 29, 2025 (12:00) 

(In-Person) Cork Female Coders - Coffee Meetup
Tue Jun 3, 2025 (18:30)

(In-Person) Diversein: Dine & Learn: Culture, Connection & Inclusive Leadership-Turkish Culture 
Thu Jun 5, 2025 (19:30)

(In-Person) Women Founders in Health Tech @ Portershed
Fri Jun 13, 2025 (10:30)

(In-Person) Cork Female Coders - Coffee Meetup
Tue Jun 17, 2025 (18:30) 

(In-Person) International Women in Engineering Day 2025 Conference @ The Round Room (Mansion House) 
Fri Jun 20, 2025 (09:00)

(In-Person) Women in Data Science (WiDS) Dublin Regional Conference 2025 
Wed Jun 25, 2025 (09:15)

⏭️ Our next bi-monthly newsletter will be in July 2025, if you have announcements, events, opportunities for our July-August Newsletter, drop us an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

Cheers,

/// Vicky 🐱🏳️‍🌈🦄