15 Now to Starbucks's CEO: Pay Your Employees $15 an Hour! On Saturday, April 12, New York City workers and 15 Now (15now.org) activists gathered on the Fulton Mall in Brooklyn to participate in a national day of action against Starbucks Corporation.
ascent - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); the car couldn't make it up the rise. acclivity, climb, upgrade, raise, rise. incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; he climbed the steep slope; the house was built on the side of a mountain.
Uplift is to raise something upwards, or to buoy someone mentally, spiritually or emotionally. 1  When you tilt someone's chin up and force them to raise their head, this is an example of when you uplift. 2  When you cheer someone up who is down, this is an example of when you uplift.  to lift up, or elevate.