Newsletter: BDPA Memphis (June 2017)
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…...We’re Back…...
Did you know that BDPA Memphis Chapter
won the National HSCC Championships in
2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 - becoming the
FIRST chapter to ever win four (4) national
HSCC championships in a row.
Well before I explained the story, let me share what is BDPA
HSCC. The BDPA National High School Computer Competition, (HSCC),
was founded in 1986 by Dr. Jesse Bemley, of Washington, D.C. What
started as a two-team event between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Ga.
has grown to over 20 teams of various high school students from chap-
ters throughout the nation. It's all designed to introduce our Youth to
the field of Information Technology, encourage them to seek higher lev-
els of education, and groom many of them to become our next genera-
tion of IT professionals. Not only did the champions earned Bemley
scholarships but several received the opportunity to get jobs with
Memphis companies.
Today the Memphis Chapter is back and ready to build on the leg-
acy of their past. Thanks to Memphis Chapter President Kareem DaSil-
va, the members are ready to rock and
roll. Please read more about what we have done
and we hope you will join us as we have so much
to accomplish by the end of 2017.
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Building on our BDPA Technical Legacy
Chapter Accomplishments January 17th- Welcoming Meeting
BDPA Memphis held their first event of the year on the University of Memphis campus. BDPA welcomed new collegiate members into the organization and introduced them to previous members of the organization to collaborate on a game plan for Memphis.
February 18th – National Society of Black Engineers A Walk For Education
BDPA Memphis partnered with National Society of Black Engineers, NSBE, for their Walk for Education. The members of NSBE walked and discussed potential ways to improve education in underrepresented areas in Memphis, TN. BDPA Memphis held a booth and introduced web development and app development to local high school students and middle school students. They also managed to get students and adults interested in joining BDPA.
March - 100 Girls of Code
BDPA Memphis partnered with 100 Girls of Code, an organization Memphis, TN with the initiative of
introducing and teaching the young ladies of Memphis the concepts of coding. Vice President of
BDPA Memphis, Brandon Ellis helped students create games with the program RenPY, a python
framework that creates interactive story-driven games.
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Chapter Achievements
April 25th - BDPA Open House with Memphis Tech EQuity Week 2017
Tech EQuity Week is dedicated to creating a more inclusive tech ecosystem by gathering emerging
movements and leaders in tech company diversity and STE(A)M education. BDPA Memphis hosted
an event in Tech EQuity Week where they gathered BDPA Memphis members, Black professionals
from the city of Memphis, and students with an interest in technology, and having a discussion of
how IT is very critical in today’s day and age. Josh Elerson, Systems Control Engineer, from FedEx
talked about how IT is influencing the world of engineering. Afterwards, President Kareem DaSilva
talked about getting a headstart into the Computer Science market and succeeding through
specific methods.
May 20th - CodeCrew Hour of Code
CodeCrew is a local non-profit organization with the mission of teaching children and teenagers
from underrepresented areas in Memphis, how to code and become future tech innovators. They
recently hosted their biannual Hour of Code event, an evet where they teach children and
teenagers a new coding concept and engage them in it within an hour. In their latest event,
CodeCrew introduced Swift Playgrounds and students learned how to program with the
programming language, Swift. BDPA Memphis President and experienced iOS App Developer,
Kareem DaSilva led the event and he worked with over 40 students and navigated them through
the Swift Playgrounds app.
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Join Us
Contact BDPA Memphis
Kareem DaSilva, Chapter President
(615)-605-8530
https://www.bdpamemphis.org/
http://www.bdpa.org/