The SE Uplift building is open by appointment only. Staff is available Monday through Thursday from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM until further notice. Please click below to schedule an appointment. Our event space is still closed.

Established in 1968, SE Uplift has been building grassroots civic engagement for over fifty years. We believe in:

• Relationship-Building: Personal connections and networks strengthen our communities.
• Community Involvement: Organized neighbors can shape the future of our communities, including envisioning and enacting positive change. Through collaboration, we co-create the communities we want to inhabit.
• Grassroots Democracy: We all have a role in determining the character and future of our city through grassroots, bottom-to-top participation.
• Sharing, Teaching and Learning: With tools, support, and opportunities to connect, we can effect positive change.
• Diversity and Inclusiveness: In an inclusive, multicultural environment, through which we can explore our differences and come together around common interests and goals.
• Building Capacity: We strengthen our communities as we strengthen our neighborhood associations, community based organizations and business districts.