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.  When you cheer someone up who is down, this is an example of when you uplift.