The BDPA Legacy™ is a documentary series curated for BDPA's Golden Anniversary engagements through 2025. This docuseries features untold stories of an association of professional "Black Computer People", as described by Dr. Jesse Bemley, co-founded in Philadelphia as "Black Data Processing Associates" in 1975. Season 1 • Episode 4 — RAVEN STEVENSON Raven Stevenson is a BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) alumna, a graduate of Duke University, and a U.S. Navy Officer commissioned through the university's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Program. She currently serves as National BDPA's Vice President for the Midwest Region. The NROTC Program educates and trains qualified young men and women for service as commissioned officers in the Navy's unrestricted line communities, the Navy Nurse Corps, and the United States Marine Corps. This docuseries also features interviews with the Association's unsung heroes, new vignettes, and special programs covering the journeys of technical professionals, tech organizations, and explosive growth of multi-trillion dollar tech industries along with the rapid emergence of monetizing "Black Data", and the rise of an influential "Black Digerati" voting block. Re-branded near the turn of the century as "BDPA", the association's mission has remained unchanged since its inception. BDPA™ promotes computer and data science career awareness, emphasizes tech inclusion across the industrial base, and remains committed to upskilling today's workforce for tomorrow's innovations. Today, through advocacy and philanthropy, BDPA's professional networks of chapters and mission partners continue to serve their respective communities as impact centers of excellence for mentors, coaches, role models, and protégés. Discover more by visiting BDPA.org, bdpatoday.com, or purchasing the association's latest book: "The BDPA Story" available now on Amazon. bdpa.org | betf.org | bdpatoday.com | populartechnology.tv

The BDPA Legacy™ is a documentary series curated for BDPA's Golden Anniversary engagements through 2025. This trailer is a bdpatoday® production available in limited release. The docuseries features untold stories of an association of professional "Black Computer People" founded in Philadelphia as the "Black Data Processing Associates" in 1975. This docuseries also features interviews with unsung heroes, new vignettes, and special programs covering the explosive growth of a multi-trillion dollar tech industry along with the rapid emergence of monetizing "Black Data", and the rise of an influential "Black Digerati" voting block. Re-branded near the turn of the century as "BDPA", the association's mission has remained unchanged since its inception. BDPA promotes computer and data science career awareness, emphasizes tech inclusion across the industrial base, and remains committed to upskilling today's workforce for tomorrow's innovations. Today, through advocacy and philanthropy, BDPA's professional networks of chapters and mission partners continue to serve their respective communities as impact centers of excellence for mentors, coaches, role models, and protégés. Discover more by visiting BDPA.org, bdpatoday.com, or purchasing the book: "The BDPA Story."

The BDPA Legacy™ is a documentary series curated for BDPA's Golden Anniversary engagements through 2025. This docuseries features untold stories of an association of professional "Black Computer People", as described by Dr. Jesse Bemley, co-founded in Philadelphia as "Black Data Processing Associates" in 1975. Season 1 • Episode 1 — NORMAN MAYS Norman Mays founded National BDPA's Washington, D.C. and Cleveland, OH Chapters after retiring from the United States Army in Ft. Meade, MD as an Intelligence Officer. This docuseries also features interviews with the Association's unsung heroes, new vignettes, and special programs covering the journeys of technical professionals, tech organizations, and explosive growth of multi-trillion dollar tech industries along with the rapid emergence of monetizing "Black Data", and the rise of an influential "Black Digerati" voting block. Re-branded near the turn of the century as "BDPA", the association's mission has remained unchanged since its inception. BDPA™ promotes computer and data science career awareness, emphasizes tech inclusion across the industrial base, and remains committed to upskilling today's workforce for tomorrow's innovations. Today, through advocacy and philanthropy, BDPA's professional networks of chapters and mission partners continue to serve their respective communities as impact centers of excellence for mentors, coaches, role models, and protégés. Discover more by visiting BDPA.org, bdpatoday.com, or purchasing the association's latest book: "The BDPA Story."

The BDPA Legacy™ is a documentary series curated for BDPA's Golden Anniversary engagements through 2025. This docuseries features untold stories of an association of professional "Black Computer People", as described by Dr. Jesse Bemley, co-founded in Philadelphia as "Black Data Processing Associates" in 1975. Season 1 • Episode 2 — DR. JESSE L. BEMLEY Dr. Jesse L. Bemley founded Joint Educational Facilities (JEF) in 1980. In 1986, he launched BDPA's High School Computer Competition (HSCC), a coding and solutioning competition, for aspiring junior developers (Jr. Devs). In 2003, he launched BDPA's I.T. Showcase, a research and development (R&D) poster competition, for high school and college students. This docuseries also features interviews with the Association's unsung heroes, new vignettes, and special programs covering the journeys of technical professionals, tech organizations, and explosive growth of multi-trillion dollar tech industries along with the rapid emergence of monetizing "Black Data", and the rise of an influential "Black Digerati" voting block. Re-branded near the turn of the century as "BDPA", the association's mission has remained unchanged since its inception. BDPA™ promotes computer and data science career awareness, emphasizes tech inclusion across the industrial base, and remains committed to upskilling today's workforce for tomorrow's innovations. Today, through advocacy and philanthropy, BDPA's professional networks of chapters and mission partners continue to serve their respective communities as impact centers of excellence for mentors, coaches, role models, and protégés. Discover more by visiting BDPA.org, bdpatoday.com, or purchasing the association's latest book: "The BDPA Story."

The BDPA Legacy™ is a documentary series curated for BDPA's Golden Anniversary engagements through 2025. This docuseries features untold stories of an association of professional "Black Computer People", as described by Dr. Jesse Bemley, co-founded in Philadelphia as "Black Data Processing Associates" in 1975. Season 1 • Episode 3 — KENNETH L. WILSON Kenneth L. Wilson is the Co-Author of "The BDPA Story". He is a former Chapter President of BDPA's Cleveland Chapter in Ohio. Kenneth is a successful entrepreneur who served on BDPA's inaugural executive committee in 1980 and launched Wilco Information Managment, Inc. in 1984 which he later grew to a $10 million IT firm. This docuseries also features interviews with the Association's unsung heroes, new vignettes, and special programs covering the journeys of technical professionals, tech organizations, and explosive growth of multi-trillion dollar tech industries along with the rapid emergence of monetizing "Black Data", and the rise of an influential "Black Digerati" voting block. Re-branded near the turn of the century as "BDPA", the association's mission has remained unchanged since its inception. BDPA™ promotes computer and data science career awareness, emphasizes tech inclusion across the industrial base, and remains committed to upskilling today's workforce for tomorrow's innovations. Today, through advocacy and philanthropy, BDPA's professional networks of chapters and mission partners continue to serve their respective communities as impact centers of excellence for mentors, coaches, role models, and protégés. Discover more by visiting BDPA.org, bdpatoday.com, or purchasing the association's latest book: "The BDPA Story" available now on Amazon.

This archived encore presentation of National BDPA's pilot episode of Popular Technology TV ™ (PTTV) features National BDPA's late Co-Founder and 2011 CompTIA IT Hall of Fame inductee, Mr. Earl A. Pace, Jr. This is the final production version of this Pilot Episode of PTTV produced for National BDPA and BDPA Chapters by Morton Media for bdpatoday. Beginning in the fall of 2011, PTTV was made available for local cable outlets via news, college television stations, or streaming for diverse and underserved media markets. Visit → https://populartechnology.tv or (PTTV.us) for additional content. A new book, "The BDPA Story", co-authored by the late Earl A. Pace, Jr., Norman Mays, and Kenneth Wilson, is available today on Amazon and Kindle. Visit → https://www.amazon.com/BDPA-Story-American-Technology-Professionals-ebook/dp/B09SRRB5JN/ To advertise, schedule interviews or produce documentaries featuring new products, services, or talent acquisition requirements, visit → https://bdpatoday.com for additional price schedules and promotion information.

50 years later, 2024 in Review. This short "sizzle-reel" is a vignette presenting some of last year's highlights with Industry, Government Agencies, and Academia as National BDPA, Inc. closes out its 49th year in "record territory." Local BDPA success stories near you included, but were not necessarily limited to: • The White House's National Cyber Czar, The Honorable Harry Coker, Jr., keynoting BDPACON '24 • Women-Owned Small Business (WoSB) Mission-Partners and a few BDPA co-sponsors from the BOW Collective were honored by NASDAQ in New York • BDPA attended SC24, the annual international high-performance computing (HPC) conference • BDPA Atlanta served as host chapter for BDPACON '24 and SC24 • BDPA Atlanta Wins High School Computer Competition and eSPORTS National Championships during BDPACON '24 • BDPA New Jersey, BDPA Indy, BDPA Twin Cities, and BDPA-DC supported BDPA's Robotics Academy • BDPA Baltimore served as host chapter for Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) 38 and JROTC Units from Maryland • BDPA Houston served as host chapter for AFROTECH 2024 and our HBCU Chapter site visit at PVAMU • BDPA Memphis served as host chapter for SRC/BDPACON South 2024 • BDPA Indy supported the annual Lilly Symposium for college student members and entry level I.T. professionals during BDPACON '24 • BDPA Columbus supported DataScience panel and workshops during BDPACON '24 • BDPA Monroe served as host chapter for 2024 STEM Academy in support of BDPACON '24 • BDPA Northern Virginia (NoVa) and BDPA-DC co-hosted CyberEarth24, BDPA's 8th annual Earth Day Tech Summit • BDPA™ and bdpatoday® surpassed 25,000 connections and followers on LinkedIn, YouTube playlists, and other social media channels in 2024 • BDPA Cleveland captured a $15,000 grant • BDPA Baltimore, BDPA Columbus, BDPA NoVA, and BDPA Portland achieved or maintained full operating capability (FoC), up from Initial operating capability (IoC) • BDPA Virginia State University (VSU) achieved or maintained Initial operating Capability (IoC) and attended BDPACON '24 with support from a grant • All major indices, BITCOIN, MAG-7 firms, and several BDPA Sponsors saw their respective stock prices reach record highs on Wall Street • BDPA™ and bdpatoday® surpassed 25,000 connections and followers on LinkedIn, YouTube playlists, and other social media channels in 2024 • BDPA and Local BDPA Chapters captured over $1.1 million in grants and sponsorships the highest on record for the Association since its founding in 1975. Also honored are a few icons from BDPA, Industry, and Government who are no longer with us from 2024. _____________________ BDPA was co-founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania circa 1975 as "Black Data Processing Associates" by Earl A. Pace, Jr. and the late David Wimberly. BDPA is an international organization with a diverse membership of professionals and students at every level in the fields of information technology (I.T.), computer science, cyber, and related S.T.E.M. fields. Since 1975, BDPA Members are actively engaged in serving their respective communities through outreach and charting the future of digital transformation across all industry sectors. Since 1986, tens of thousands of BDPA Members, Student Members, and HBCU/MI alumni have participated in the Association's renowned technology conferences, innovation summits, and career expos. College and high school students also competed in the Association's national or regional computer, coding, Mobile AppDev, and I.T. Showcase competitions. bdpa.org | bdpatoday.com | populartechnology.tv

Recorded December 13th, 2024 Speaker: Perry Carter - National BDPA President You can join our talks LIVE every second and fourth Friday of the month. Make sure you follow us on social media so you can RSVP for the next tech talk! Website: https://bdpa.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NationalBDPA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalbdpa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BDPA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-bdpa/