by usphilly88 | Jun 10, 2021 | News
Uplift Solutions Executive Director Atif Bostic is featured in an article by The Chamber of Commerce! He discusses the importance of our business community supporting emerging entrepreneurs in underserved communities of Philadelphia. Please visit: ...
by usphilly88 | May 12, 2021 | News
From Hardship to Hope is a series of stories about our program graduates told through their eyes. From childhood to now, we will learn about their journeys, and try and understand the impact Uplift has had on their lives. This story is about Denise Johnson, a...
by usphilly88 | May 5, 2021 | News
From Hardship to Hope is a series of stories about our program graduates told through their eyes. From childhood to now, we will learn about their journeys, and try and understand the impact Uplift has had on their lives. This story is about Adrienne Shaw, a 2019...
by usphilly88 | Apr 26, 2021 | News
From Hardship to Hope is a series of stories about our program graduates told through their eyes. From childhood to now, we will learn about their journeys and try and understand the impact Uplift has had on their lives. Our first story Is about Wayne Garrett, a 2019...
by usphilly88 | Apr 17, 2021 | News
Comcast Newsmakers asked Uplift Solutions Executive Director Atif Bostic about our innovative approaches to some of the most daunting problems facing our communities. You won’t want to miss this incredible feature! Check it out here: Innovative Approaches to...
by usphilly88 | Mar 23, 2020 | News
by Grace Dickinson, Updated: August 15, 2019 On a recent Monday morning, Shontae Smarr pulled up to Center City’s Snap Kitchen and began shuffling bags of food out of the upscale grab-and-go market into her silver Toyota Camry. After filling the car’s trunk and...
by usphilly88 | Mar 23, 2020 | News
By Lauren Vague Stager, Uplift Workforce Solutions “We ARE here as a group!” is one of the phrases that stuck out as I sat in the classroom of the Uplift Workforce Solutions training center. In early January 2018, the fifth cohort of the program began....
by usphilly88 | Nov 15, 2019 | Testimonial
The most incarcerated country in the world, yet we claim to be the land of freedom and the harms that go with that are enormous and they relate directly to a history of slavery, a history of racism, and they relate directly to taking all the resources out of the...
by usphilly88 | Nov 15, 2019 | Testimonial
The key to solving all of this is funding education. The state does not fund education in any appropriate way. The nation doesn’t fund education in any appropriate...
by usphilly88 | Nov 15, 2019 | Testimonial
Homicide detectives beat witness into saying I committed a...