The Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation (TASF) will host its annual “Next-Gen Now” Scholarship Awards Breakfast. Proceeds from the event support TASF's scholarship fund serving financially and academically deserving high school students entering college. The “Nex-Gen Now” Scholarship Awards Breakfast honors the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen and highlights the accomplishments of its 2018 scholarship recipients. Scholarship recipients are students planning careers in aviation, aerospace, STEM (science, engineering and math) as well as other disciplines.

Our guest speaker will be Major General John Phillips, USAF, and former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Logistics (Ret.). Honorees include the honorable Al Muratsuchi, State of California Assemblymember; John Kim, Executive Director, The Advancement Project; Keith Kaplan, Co-Founder and CEO, Tesla Foundation and Linnie Haynesworth, Vice President and Deputy Director for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, Northrop Grumman.

The event will also be attended by surviving Tuskegee Airmen who launched black military aviation in America, leading corporate decision-makers, government representatives, students from various STEM high schools, parents and the public.

Music by Renowned Saxophonist Keschia Potter