Dr. Georgia Mae was a breast cancer warrior who thrived with the disease for over 32 years as she rose to the pinnacle of her profession and became Director of Military Schools for Department of Defense, Atlantic and Germany Regions. Her breast cancer was discovered at the tender age of 34, which is over 50 years ago, after she laid on a Detroit hospital floor and demanded that doctors determine what was wrong with her. Prior to that, doctors had sent her home several times, saying that they couldn’t find anything wrong with her body.

GMP is founded by Dr. Georgia Mae’s only daughter, Filmmaker MeMe Kelly, who hates that, in 2024, Black women are dying from Breast Cancer at a rate 42% higher than white and other women. She wants GMP to be a part of the solution.

And GMP is, graciously, supported by board members Connie Ennix, a retired educator, Department of Defense, Educational Activity, Military Schools, who knew Dr. Georgia Mae close to 50 years; by Dr. Beverly S. Alcott, Ph.D, retired educator with Department of Defense, Military Schools, who worked with Dr. Georgia Mae for over 25 years; by board member Kim Ennix, an accomplished aerospace engineer, who knew Dr. Georgia Mae for over 40 years; by Dr. Kelly King, M.D., a renowned medical doctor, who has also known Dr. Georgia Mae’s family for close to 50 years; and, finally, Dr. Georgia Mae’s grandson, R Kelly, Jr, a brilliant young man and autism advocate, who adored his grandmother, is an advisor to the non-profit.