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Daniele Procida Oct 6, 2023

I've published https://vurt.eu/articles/on-safety/ - my perspective on safety for attendees at African Python community events.

I wrote it because I was troubled by some of the responses I have heard to the idea of a DjangoCon Africa -https://2023.djangocon.africa - in a country such as Tanzania.

It's right that questions about safety should be asked. But when they're asked, they must be answered consistently and fairly - and not used to damage or undermine African open-source software communities.

A perspective on attendee safety at Python community events - Daniele Procida

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Jannis Leidel

@EvilDMP Thanks for the thoughtful blog post, I think it’s spot on.

You alluded to the PSF’s duty to its community members: we are actively discussing the grant submission for DjangoCon Africa, ahead of the board meeting on Wed (Oct 11).

We also must review how we can do better in the future, to prevent unnecessary churn while supporting the Python community, especially in places where it takes more courage and grit to organize events