Rachell Calhoun

Recent talks

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Django Governance: Growing Sustainable Open-Source Communities Together

DjangoCon US 2025 · November 6, 2025

Rachell Calhoun and Tim Schilling explain governance as the written and unwritten processes that define how an open-source community makes decisions, shares responsibility, handles conflict, and supports its people. They argue that intentional, lightweight governance protects communities from burnout and single-person dependency while making growth,…

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KEYNOTE: Django Girls: Decade in Review and Beyond

DjangoCon Europe 2024 · July 10, 2024

Django Girls began in 2014 as a free, welcoming programming workshop for women and has grown into a global nonprofit operating in around 100 countries. Anna Makarudze and Rachell Calhoun explain how the organisation has addressed growth, volunteer burnout, funding, inclusion, cultural representation, COVID-19, and…

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Navigating Django's Future: Djangonaut Space

DjangoCon US 2023 · December 14, 2023

Dawn Wages and Rachell Calhoun explain how Djangonaut Space was created to help people contribute to Django through peer mentoring, regular check-ins, community connections, and practical guidance. Drawing on their own paths into Python, Django, leadership, and conference participation, they argue that active sponsorship—personally inviting…

Has appeared with

• Anna Makarudze × 2
• Andrew Godwin
• Dan Taylor
• Dawn Wages
• Elad Silberring
• Frank Wiles
• Jeff Triplett
• Joe Cronyn
• Joseph Bane
• Josue Balandrano Coronel
• Katherine Michel
• Kenneth Love

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