Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard, along with fellow cast members, wowed attendees at the Houston advanced screening of Red Tails, hosted by Dr. Mae Jemison. President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush were among those who attended the screening. “This action-packed film moved my wife to tears,” said President [...]
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Red Tails movie premiere in Houston, Texas – January 5, 2012
January 20th, 2012TEWS-Space Race
August 19th, 2011TEWS-Spacerace was based on The Earth We Share (TEWS) international science camp programs and methodology developed by Dr. Jemison that have been held across the US and internationally since 1994. Partnering with Los Angeles Tomorrows’s Aeronautical Museum, TEWS—Space Race is winner of a NASA Summer of Innovation award and had its blast off this summer [...]
Dr. Mae – Washington Post, “Great Sci-Fi and Science Books for Beach and Vacation Reading”
June 11th, 2010MAE JEMISON, MD Great Sci-Fi and Science Books for Beach and Vacation Reading 11 June 2010 I love to read—in fact it is almost impossible for me to go any place without a book tucked away some place in easy to reach. However, I am not a promiscuous reader. Though there are many books that [...]
Biography
May 25th, 2010Dr. Jemison’s remarkable life, in addition to being a doctor, engineer, academic, and entrepreneur includes six years with NASA as an astronaut during which she became the first woman of color in the world to go into space. Jemison resigned from NASA in 1993 and founded The Jemison Group, Inc., a technology and consulting firm [...]
First Ladies Women’s History Month Celebration
May 13th, 2010Still acquiring data.
Celebrating Women of Color in Flight
May 13th, 2010In Chicago in October 2006 the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence presented Reality Leads Fantasy–Celebrating Women of Color in Flight™. This stellar event, featuring a public Festival of Flight™, local area school visits, webcasts, Gala and premiere of documentary video highlighted and saluted the incredible roles women of color from around the world play in [...]
