Awards & Press
Awards and Recognition
- On Monday, January 30, 2012, the White House honored Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg as one of fourteen Champions of Change who are leaders in American Diaspora communities with roots in the Horn of Africa. Read Akili Dada’s press release about the award.
- Akili Dada founder and Executive Director Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is awarded the coveted Cordes Fellowship to attend the 2011 Opportunity Collaboration
- Akili Dada Founder/Executive Director Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg has been awarded the 2011 FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Yamashita Prize, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Social Change at the University of California at Berkeley. Read the press release
- Akili Dada founder and Executive Director Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg wins the 2011 African Achievers International MDG Awards, sponsored by the NILE African Development Organization and the Ferguson Centre for African Studies at the University of Bradford in the UK. This award honors individuals and organizations for their grassroots work toward the attainment of the United Nations Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at alleviating poverty by 2015.
- Winner, 2010 United Nations Marketplace of Ideas competition sponsored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Click to read more on the UN’s site for the Intercultural Innovation Award and view photos
- Akili Dada founder and Executive Director Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg wins the 2009 Whitman College Pete Reid Award for Young Alumni for her work with Akili Dada. Read the story
Akili Dada in the News
- 8 May 2012: Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, an interview with HerCampus.com
- 3 April 2012: USF Professor Honored at White House, a 3-Minute Interview in SF Examiner
- 1 March 2012: White House Recognizes USF Professor’s Work in Africa in Foghorn
- 14 February 2012: USF Champion of Change at the White House on USF Newsroom
- 1 February 2012: Kenya Native Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg Honored at the White House on Mwakilishi
- 31 January 2012: Kenyans honored by White House in the Standard
- 31 January 2012: Obama fetes Kenyan champions of change on Daily Nation
- 30 January 2012: White house to Honor a Kenyan, Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg as a Champion of Change on Vibe Weekly
- 30 January 2012: Obama to Honour Kenyan, video aired on NTV Kenya, part of Nation Media Group
- 30 January 2012: Dr. Wanjiru to receive honor from Obama in the Kenyan Daily Post
- 27 December 2011: Kenya-Based Akili Dada to benefit from Google’s $40 million grant kitty on Aptantech, providing news and analysis of ICT issues and other trends in Kenya and Africa
- 21 November 2011: Can Girls’ Education Change the World?, a broadcast on KQED radio featuring Akili Dada’s Executive Director participating in panel discussion at the World Affairs Council of San Francisco
- 26 August 2011: Two-page spread in Kenya’s Standard Newspaper
- 4 August 2011: Feature story in East Africa’s leading Business Daily
- 3 June 2011: Kenyan Women Nurture Africa’s Future Leaders on TrustLaw, a news service of Thompson Reuters Foundation
- 19 April 2011: Akili Dada: Empowering Young Kenyan Women on Care2 blog
- 30 May 2010: Young People Blurring Borders on Inter Press Service
- May 2010: Empower Underprivileged, Says UN Forum on euronews
- 20 June, 2008: Akili Dada mentioned in the Baltimore Sun in an article by Whitman College president George Bridges.
- 14 January 2008: Interview on KPFA with Founder and Executive Director Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg on Kenyan post-election crisis and civil society organizing in response
- 3 August 2007: Whitman Alumna Founds Scholarship Program for Kenyan Girls on Whitman College website
Press Inquiries
For press inquiries please contact our Communications and Outreach Director, Lynn West, at lynn@akilidada.org.
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