INCA membership offers many benefits that transcends the monetary value for said membership. The following encapsulates the benefits for each member:
+ Members gain leadership opportunities for professional growth and development:
INCA’s bylaws offers many leadership roles. Serving in any of these roles will help with professional growth and development. Additionally, there are other opportunities to serve within the organization such as sub committees and sub roles. Serving in these sub roles and committees will also help bolster professional growth and development.
+ Members are immersed in an environment to cultivate, foster, collaborate and enhance professional relationships:
Regular attendance at meetings and events will bring a huge payoff as it’ll provide opportunities to collaborate with others to work on projects, plan events, network and enhance professional relationships.
+ Members gain access and connection to IJAW people all over the world.
Access to IJAW people all over the world will be made easy through this membership. This access and connectivity is enhanced for the member if the member participates in the group chats and attends meetings and events.
+ Members gain mentoring opportunities for personal growth and development:
INCA provides a platform for being mentored and for being a mentor because mentoring is a critical component for personal growth and development.
+ Members gain an expansive knowledge of the IJAW people and their culture beyond the geographical demarcations in Nigeria:
IJAW’s are also referred to as Izon or Ijo people and they are not just limited to a specific geographical area in Nigeria. It encompasses people from the following states: Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Ondo and Edo. Such knowledge and additional knowledge will be obtained as a member of this organization.
+ Members gain a sense of personal identity and belonging:
Understanding the IJAW heritage and culture helps shape our sense of personal identity and belonging and this value is priceless.
+ Members gain a community of supportive people:
No one is an island. Everyone deserves to be part of a loving and supportive community. These are tenets of this organization and that is why it is a prioritized benefit.
+ Members gain opportunities to have fun and engage with like-minded people:
In person events such as the annual convention and other opportunities to mingle and have fun with like-minded people are often provided throughout the course of the year.
+ Members gain a forum to teach their children and future generations about their IJAW heritage and culture:
The current organization’s offering coupled with the planned IJAW center will provide many opportunities to pass on knowledge, traditions and customs of the IJAW people to our children and future generations.
+ Members gain opportunities to showcase their individuality as embedded in the IJAW culture through their sense of fashion exhibiting IJAW regalia while maintaining a sense of unity as IJAW people:
Attending events hosted by the organization provides opportunities to showcase each individual’s unique sense of fashion while proudly wearing IJAW clothing and accessories which fosters a sense of harmony, unity and belonging as one IJAW community.