Suzanne Ghee

Wife. Mom. Entrepreneur. Passionate about health equity, food as medicine and my family! 💖 Thoughts are my own.

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

@BobKellyFOX29 We couldn’t park. It took us 2 hours
To go 3.9 miles. Cops closed off all the side streets to park in lots.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Happy 66th birthday to Doctor and Engineer Mae Jemison! She was the first black woman in space.

She flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992, working on experiments including bone cell research.

Dr. Mae Carol Jemison is a physician and retired astronaut. After her medical education and a brief general practice, Dr. Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985-1987, when she was selected by NASA to join the astronaut corps. She resigned from NASA in 1993 to form a company researching the application of technology to daily life.

She has appeared on television several times, including as an actress in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Dr. Jemison is a dancer, and holds 9 honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities.

HONORS & AWARDS:
🏆1988 Essence Science and Technology Award
🏆1991 McCall's 10 Outstanding Women for the 90s
🏆1991 Pumpkin Magazine's (a Japanese Monthly) One of the Women for the Coming New Century
🏆1992 Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailblazers Award
🏆1993 National Women's Hall of Fame
🏆1993 Ebony magazine 50 Most Influential women
🏆1993 Kilby Science Award
🏆1993 Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth
🏆1993 People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful and sexy People in the World"
🏆1993 Turner Trumpet Award
🏆1997 Chicago History Museum "Making History Award" for Distinction in Science Medicine and Technology.
🏆2002 listed among the 100 Greatest African Americans according to Molefi Kete Asante.
🏆2003 Intrepid Award by the National Organization for girls
🏆2004 International Space Hall of Fame NASA Space Flight Medal
🏆2005 The National Audubon Society, Rachel Carson Award

Institutions:
🚀1992 Mae C. Jemison Science and Space Museum, Wilbur Wright College
🚀1992 Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in Detroit, Michigan
🚀2001 Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school in Hazel Crest, Illinois
🚀2007 Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, a public charter school in Baltimore, Maryland

Doctors honoris causa:
🚀1991 Doctor of Science, Lincoln College, Pennsylvania
🚀2000 Doctor of Humanities, Princeton University
🚀2005 Doctor of Science, Wilson College
🚀2006 Doctor of Science, Dartmouth College
🚀2007 Doctor of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College
🚀2007 Doctor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
🚀2008 Doctor of Humanities, DePaul University
🚀2009 Doctor of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

New Jersey ranks #17. We can do better. 💪🏼

[Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfnd]

The @CommonwealthFnd's 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance reveals concerning gaps in reproductive care and #womenshealth across states.

View your state’s ranking and dive into the data, here: https://t.co/wnGgIiN1Mq

[Food Bank of South Jersey @foodbankSJ]

What a roller coaster kind of rush! 🎢Thank you, Taylor Swift @taylorswift13, for your support of South Jersey! 💖 Your generous donation will make a tremendous, positive impact on our communities.🔆

#BetterTogether #ErasTour #endhungersj #feedsj #foodbankFORsouthjersey

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: Lady Gaga has been appointed to lead a presidential commission on arts and humanities by President Biden.

Others tapped to the committee include George Clooney, Jennifer Garner, and Kerry Washington.

The group will serve as an advisory board to President Joe Biden on how to elevate the importance of the arts, including through federal support.

Biden pledged that his administration would “advance the cultural vitality of the United States by promoting the arts, the humanities, and museum and library services.”

Congratulations @ladygaga! 💙

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

⚠️BREAKING—CDC team falls ill while investigating the health impacts of Ohio train derailment—➡️**7** US government investigators briefly fell ill in March while studying the possible health impacts of a toxic #OhioChemicalDisaster train derailment, @CDCgov confirms to CNN. 🧵

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

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[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

✊🏼BOYCOTT CIGNA—“Over a period of 2 months last year, Cigna doctors denied over 300,000 requests for payments… spending an average of 1.2 seconds on each case”—@Cigna saves millions by rejecting claims without ever reading them. Disgusting. #boycottCigna
https://t.co/MtFNrayQop

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

@MissMcEleneyK @ChpsTweets @WoodcrestES Happy anniversary 🥳🥳🥳.

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

Let’s go #NewJersey. 🙏 We can keep this goodness train going. #FoodInsecurity #kids #schools

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed a law guaranteeing free breakfast and lunch for all students in the state, regardless of how much money their parents make. Tens of thousands of food-insecure kids will benefit.

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

Celebrating life and family. My daughter and I share a birthday weekend. 42 & 12 🥰. #BlessedAndGrateful

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

@Amyjo81682544 @united Not true. Same plane. Same # of seats in first.

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

@united just flew home to #EWR from #HNL. Plane broke down, deboarded, 3+hrs delays, get new plane. Next, you changed our tickets from 1st to economy. No reason, no explanation. Told us to submit a complaint. Paid for tickets. Oh, and you lost our luggage. #customerexperience 😩

[Governor Phil Murphy @GovMurphy]

Today is a good day. I am proud to announce that we're accelerating New Jersey's goal of reaching a 100% clean energy future ahead by 15 years – from 2050 to 2035.

We’ve turned our vision for a greener tomorrow into a roadmap to guide us along the way.

🗺️⬇️

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

Gotta represent #CherylLeeRalph! #Philly 💚🖤🤍🙏❤️🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌#SuperBowl Goddess

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

I went to @PatientFirst last week for the first time. They just sent me a card to follow up. #patientexperience #healthcare ❤️

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

@MikeFOX29 where did you get your Jean jacket? #ItsAPhillyThing 😍

[Matteo Iadonisi @6abcmatteo]

“WHAT’S A PHILLY THING?” Eagles fans have the answer on Broad Street! 🦅

This was the scene in South Philly as the Birds advanced to the Super Bowl!

https://t.co/78aRDWn5Ub #FlyEaglesFly #ItsaPhillyThing

[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

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[Suzanne Ghee @SuzanneGhee]

Sharing Monday’s food distribution for #camden residents. Details below. @foodbankSJ @CooperHealthNJ

[Crossing Broad @CrossingBroad]

The perfect album does exist (via @JasonKelce)