Uplift, Inc.

04/07/2026

Someone is using Uplift, Inc. to fraudulently take money from people's account monthly.
We currently do not have any active monthly campaigns. If this is happening to you, please call your bank immediately.
Call me if desired as well.
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12/01/2024

We had an amazing time shopping for Toy Joy! Come join our donation party event!

www.toyjoy.giving

10/15/2024

We just added more details about our Toy Joy: Our inaugural toy drive! Toys are going to Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore, MD!!!

Now you can volunteer and request a toy!

More details coming this week!

Have you RSV'd yet?

Please stay tuned!

Our goals are to Collect new and unwrapped toys for childen and teens in need; Raise awareness to this need, especially during the holiday season; Create community engagement for providing assistance; Party with a purpose; and grow each year.

10/12/2024

Well, since you are up, you may as well RSVP and/or donate to the Toy Joy Annual Toy Drive. Our website just launched. Check it out!

Collectively we have wanted to do something to give back for the holidays for several years, but could not find the best fit. So, we decided to organize our own event!

07/14/2024

I grew up going to SCAP (Somerset County Afterschool Program). It planted the seed for me to want to provide the same resources, which led to me forming Uplift, Inc. over 25 years ago. Uplift has helped to shape the lives of thousands of students and their families. Our impact is huge and my passion and pride for its outcomes remain strong.

It is for this reason that write to urge you all to support the Safe Haven Project in Philadelphia. This project is revitalizing 5 recreation centers for youth in the area. Your support is needed to purchase and ship gift list items directly from their Amazon Registry.

Please click the link and send your gift now!

https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/1P6V3NBDFB0SY

Although an effort for this year's Eastern Regional Conference of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, the project welcomes support from EVERYONE!

Impacted locations are listed on the flyer!

Please post here when you have successfully ordered and shipped to share your support!

Please feel free to share this post on your timeline as well.

A HUGE THANKS in advance for your support!

02/28/2024

NGCP is celebrating National Women’s History Month with the theme “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” this year.

We invite you to join us for a where you can hear the personal career journeys of a dynamic panel of women STEM professionals at different points in their careers. They will discuss the barriers and challenges they faced, and offer tips, advice, and resources for supporting girls and women in STEM in your own settings.

Come meet our guest Speakers: Stephanie Hull, Dr. Gabriela A. González, Leshell Hatley, Ph.D., and Safoura Seddighin

Register now! https://bit.ly/3OWEE5S

02/26/2024

As a reminder, the Rock Star Fund application is due next week, February 29!

The Rock Star Fund, through our Young Women's Initiative, provides a one-time award of $2,000 to invest in the learning, leadership, ideas, and community projects of young women, girls, and gender-expansive youth of color (ages 12-24) living in DC.

As part of the Rock Star Fund, participants will:

Receive a one-time $2,000 grant that advances the recommendations of the BluePrint for Action and/or the DC Girls' Coalition policy agenda

Attend quarterly cohort meetings with other participants

Receive 1-on-1 support from Washington Area Women's Foundation staff and community

Who can apply?

Young women and girls of color and gender-expansive youth of color between the ages of 12 and 24 and

Residents of Washington, DC

*US citizenship is not required*

Application will close on February 29, 2024.

Visit wawf.org/RockStar2024 for this year's application.

The Rock Star Fund provides young women of color, inclusive of transgender young women and gender non-conforming youth (ages 12 - 24), with $2,000 to invest in their own community project, learning, or ideas that advance the Blueprint for Action. We will only consider complete applications submitted...

02/22/2024

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/inaugural-du-bois-scholars-program-accepting-applications-from-hbcu-students/

The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (H&LS) initiative, in partnership with Harvard College, has launched the Du Bois Scholars Program, an intensive, 9-week summer research internship at Harvard College…

12/26/2023

Hey FB Fam! In the spirit of giving, please donate to my cousin's basketball team fundraiser, if you can. She is just under $300 of her goal amount!

A huge thanks in advance!

Show your support by sharing a link to this page or donating to the team.

12/22/2023

This week I have been reminded of what excites me and the amount of gratefulness I have for the desire, knowledge, and gift of sharing it. Yup, I've been a computer scientist since kindergarten/first grade and I have the stories to prove it! Right Mom (Vernell Wilson)? 😆🤣🤓

So, just to share a bit of a throwback that embodies this energy, I invite you to check out a 2015 talk I gave about my experience teaching robotics to middle schools (for about 6 years at the time of the presentation).

Watching it still brings tears of joy and excitement to my eyes during some parts as I think about my previous students - many who have since become successful roboticists in their own right!

Enjoy!!!

Leshell Hatley of Uplift, Inc., speaks on the power of creativity in using programming, technology and robots in education.Leshell Hatley at CreativeMornings...

12/04/2023

Please consider joining and spreading the word about this Thursday’s student debt webinar.

We ALL either have or know someone who has student loans back in repayment status who would benefit from the practical, actionable advice we’ll be sharing on Thursday.

If you’re open to it, please share this event with your social networks (including relevant groups you're a part of).

(And yes, the webinar will be recorded and shared with registrants after the event, for those who will be at work during this time.)

The registration link to include in your post is https://act.aauw.org/loans-due. Thank you in advance for spreading the word to your networks!