bdpaMemphis

…...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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Chapter Achievements

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Join Us

Contact BDPA Memphis

Kareem DaSilva, Chapter President

memphispresident@bdpa.org

(615)-605-8530

https://www.bdpamemphis.org/

http://www.bdpa.org/