Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg will be in Walla Walla to receive the Pete Reid Award for Young Whitman Alumni.

Wanjiru wishes to thank the AAUW for it's support and to brief you on the successes of Akili Dada since she spoke at the AAUW year-end luncheon, May 2007.

“Scholarships made my entire education possible, and Akili Dada is my way of giving back and expressing my gratitude for the multiple scholarships that helped me attain my own education at every level since I left Kenya,” she said.

Today she divides her time between her responsibilities as executive director of Akili Dada and as a professor of African and comparative politics at the University of San Francisco. Her teaching and research on African women’s politics also reflect her continued interest in exploring strategies to overcome the challenges facing women on the continent.

For more information about Akili Dada, visit www.akilidada.org

More information on Wanjiru receiving the Pete Reid Award here:
http://www.whitman.edu/content/alumni/involved/alumniawards/petereidyoungalumni