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Dr. Winifred Nweke Dr Winifred Nweke was the former Vice President/& President of the Nigerian Women Association of Georgia (NWAG) (2001-2005): She was a founding member of NWAG, and one of the architects of the bylaws of the organization that distinguishes it and its operations from other organizations. Dr. Nweke served as the steadying influence at the helm of NWAG when the founder left. She helped to administer and expand NWAG service to women, children and youth both here in Georgia and in Nigeria. Dr. Nweke gave NWAG the reputation of doing things on time and by the book as opposed to the common practice in the Nigerian community. Dr. Nweke was a founding member of the Orumba Civic Union in which she served as the first secretary and now serves as the financial secretary. She is also credited with crafting its guiding document: the bylaws. This organization is designed to provide, for children of Orumba LGA parentage, a sense of belonging, cultural identity and proper grounding in family and community. Dr. Nweke is also a founding member of the University of Nigeria Alumni and Friends Association-USA. She is also credited with developing the guiding bylaws of the organization in which she currently serves as the Chairperson of the 2007 Convention Planning Committee. This organization is geared towards galvanizing the alumni of UNN to use their resources and opportunities in Diaspora to serve their alma mater, current faculty and students in Nigeria. Dr. Nweke has made many presentations on Nigeria and Africa to showcase the Nigerian and African cultures, for example: Beyond Black and White at the series in Ethnic Diversity in Atlanta Metro Waffle House Martin L. King Black History Month Lectures organized by Atlanta Regional Commission. Dr. Nweke is a member of, and represents the Nigerian community at, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Ethnic Advisory Committee. Dr. Nweke reviewed and revised the Global Atlanta Snapshot on Nigeria to reflect a more current and positive image of Nigeria for Global Atlanta Works, a publication of the Atlanta Regional Commission. Dr. Nweke also presented a paper entitled “Growing up in the family and community: informal education among the Ibos of Nigeria” at an International Workshop on “Transformations of Power and Culture in Africa” organized by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Nweke has a BSc (Education) from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, an M.A and a Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Evaluation from the University of Ottawa, Canada; an MBA from the Eastern Michigan University and a Post Doctoral Fellowship from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She was a tenured Associate Professor at the Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL before joining the Georgia Professional Standards Commission as the Coordinator for Research and Evaluation. Dr. Nweke has used and continues to use her organizational and professional skills especially statistical, measurement and evaluation skills to facilitate the smooth functioning of and to foster stability and transparency in the various Nigerian organizations she belongs to. Dr. Nweke has written and published/presented many papers, articles, book chapters and a book. She has also served on many technical advisory committees in her profession and a reviewer for publication journals and conferences. She is married to Dr. Ernest Nweke and a proud mother of four college students/graduates. Dr. Nweke is credited with single-handedly ridding NWAG, and all Nigerian organizations she is associated with, of the ignominious phrase: Nigerian (or African) Time” Dr. Nweke’s presentations to the American or mixed audiences depicts Nigeria as a proud and culturally rich country that has a lot to teach the American community regarding the family and raising children who are well-focused and rooted in the community. She makes no apologies for the few rotten apples in the Nigerian basket given that, as she often tells her audiences, among every 12, there is a Judas! After one of her presentations on how well educated the Nigerian community in the Atlanta metro is and how versatile and resourceful they are to the point of college graduates driving cabs, if they have to, to take care of their families, an American listener said “I’ll never look at cab drivers the same way again!”

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