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Do you know a care manager? AKALAKA wants to connect with you to recognize and support the important work care managers do for our community. Click get started on our AKALAKA LinkedIn page today. Thank you! #Share #TailoredCareManagement #HandleLifeTogether 🌻

This month, we’re shining a spotlight on the inspiring leaders and groundbreaking missions of Black-owned businesses. With support from B Lab U.S. & Canada's Level program, these entrepreneurs are creating change within the B Corp community and beyond. Kicking off our series on #WomensEqualityDay, we’ll be sharing stories of Black women who are at the forefront of this movement. 👩🏽💻 Meet Dr. Victoria Chibuogu Nneji, the Founder and CEO of AKALAKA. Dr. Nneji earned her B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Columbia University in New York City, ultimately becoming the first person to earn a Ph.D. in Robotics from Duke University for her autonomous systems engineering work as her work of caregiving for her family continued to be needed across the lifespan. Recognizing the lack of innovation for people living with disabilities and caregiving responsibilities, Dr. Nneji launched AKALAKA to enable care partners to sustain timely, thoughtful, and delightful long-term care for family and friends to live longer, healthier lives at home and in their communities of choice. Dr. Nneji's simultaneous technical experience with STEM, entrepreneurship, and innovation has helped her to methodically gather data to ensure the solution AKALAKA is building is indeed worth building for a broad, growing, and painfully underserved market. Curious to learn more? Over the next three days, we’ll spotlight nine remarkable business leaders and their inspiring journeys. Stay tuned as we celebrate their work and explore more ways to support Black entrepreneurship.

Participated in any of the following programs in the State of North Carolina sponsored by NC Council on Developmental Disabilities? - Partners in Policymaking - NC IDD Peer Mentor Training Program - Ability Leadership Project of NC (ALP-NC) - Advancing Strong Leadership - Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental-Related Disabilities (LEND) - NC GRIP - Advocates for People with Disabilities - Steps Toward Independence and Responsibility (Project STIR) - NC Stakeholder Engagement Group Join the NC Advocacy Leaders Network Project ECHO Pilot Miniseries this every Friday this September 2024 from 12:00 - 1:30pm ET. Apply by September 4, 2024 at: https://lnkd.in/euUa3Ctb Featuring Laurel Powell of UNC School of Social Work Community Bridges #HandleLifeTogether 🌻

Thanks to our community partners who helped us share fresh produce at the AKALAKA table during the 2024 Durham Disability Pride Parade at Reality Ministries! https://lnkd.in/e_bkc__f We hope y'all enjoyed your fruits and vegetables 🍉 Thank you Justin Ray and Scott Esko Brummel and everyone volunteering ❤️ #HandleLifeTogether 🌻

Participated in any of the following programs in North Carolina sponsored by NC Council on Developmental Disabilities? - Partners in Policymaking - NC IDD Peer Mentor Training Program - Ability Leadership Project of NC (ALP-NC) - Advancing Strong Leadership - Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental-Related Disabilities (LEND) - NC GRIP - Advocates for People with Disabilities - Steps Toward Independence and Responsibility (Project STIR) - NC Stakeholder Engagement Group Join the NC Advocacy Leaders Network event on Wednesday, July 31, 2024! RSVP at: https://lnkd.in/euUa3Ctb Featuring Deja Barber and Kelly Friedlander #HandleLifeTogether 🌻

Victoria Chibuogu Nneji, Ph.D.'s startup AKALAKA can help care partners better sustain long-term care for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in home- and community-based settings. ➡️ https://t.ly/Bfcmf

Because of the American with Disabilities Act millions of Americans have accommodations - at work, school, or in the spaces where they live and play. The Cares team is included in that list! Today, one of our team members shares the way that their life has positively been impacted #thankstotheada.

Huge thank you to our guests and all who came out to Employer Resouce Day: Empower Your Team last week! We were joined by Victoria Chibuogu Nneji, Ph.D. of AKALAKA, who gave the keynote, and a wonderful panel that included Christie Smith, Angela Martin, Gabi Angelini, Logan Passey and Shakema McClean!  What were some of your favorite takeaways from the event? Comment below! #ADA #DisabilityAwareness #Raleigh Lenovo, NC Department of Health and Human Services, KHYIAH T BYRD INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, Gabi's - Powered by Special Abilities!

We are thrilled to be Joined by Dr. Victoria Chibuogu Nneji, Ph.D. of AKALAKA (pronounced Ah-kah-lah-kah) as our keynote speaker for "Employer Resource Day: Empower Your Team"! Join us on July 11th at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh! Register at the link here: https://lnkd.in/gwbN3Twc Dr. Victoria Chibuogu Nneji is the founder & CEO of AKALAKA. Born in Nigeria, Dr. Nneji immigrated to the United States as a child. and growing up in North Carolina, she quickly developed critical caregiving skills to be able to assist her family. Simultaneously, she launched her career as a scientist, technologist, engineer, and mathematician. Upon graduating from the North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, Dr. Nneji earned her B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Columbia University in New York City. She returned home for good, ultimately becoming the first person to earn the Ph.D. in Robotics from Duke University for her autonomous systems engineering work as her work of caregiving for her family continued to be needed across the lifespan. Recognizing the lack of innovation for people living with disabilities and caregiving responsibilities, Dr. Nneji launched AKALAKA, a social venture developing a digital platform to enable care partners to sustain timely, thoughtful, and delightful long-term care for family and friends to live longer, healthier lives at home and in their communities of choice. Dr. Nneji's simultaneous technical experience with STEM, entrepreneurship, and innovation, has helped her to methodically gather data to ensure the solution AKALAKA is building is indeed worth building for a broad, growing, and painfully underserved market. #ADA #Accessibility #A11y

For the past several years, I’ve been helping with coordinate the Raleigh Mayor’s Committee for Persons with Disabilities Employer Resource Day celebration, and this year I asked my friend Victoria Chibuogu Nneji, Ph.D. to provide the opening Keynote! Victoria has an amazing story, of how she started working as an 11-year-old in data analytics, to then becoming a subject matter expert in autonomous vehicles, and now launching AKALAKA where she is supporting and providing resources to those who need and provide disability services. You won’t want to miss this exciting talk, or the opportunity to connect with others in the Triangle who are providing services to ensure that people with disabilities can thrive in the workplace! RSVP today and come out on July 11 for this awesome event! https://lnkd.in/efQbKncR #Raleigh #DisabilityEmployment #Event #ADA