Uplifters Live 2026: Creating The Future (March 13 in NYC)
After last year’s Uplifters Live, a woman who’d come alone and didn’t know a single person in the room said something that made me laugh out loud: “This community is a drug and I need my next fix.” Same, girl, same.
Every conversation I had after the event, someone shared a story about a connection they’d made that was already changing their work, their thinking, their life. My Instagram feed is now filled with photos of attendees who met that day, now collaborating on projects together.
Over and over, I hear the same three words: “Best. Day. Ever.”
That’s why most people come back every year. Not for another conference. For something that’s actually pretty rare: a full day with purpose-driven midlife women having real conversations. Not networking. Not showboating. Just women who are building meaningful things, talking honestly about what that actually takes.
So we’re doing it again.
Uplifters Live 2026 is happening Friday, March 13, in Manhattan.
This year’s theme is Creating The Future, and we’re exploring what it takes to create the future you actually want to live in through creativity, capital, and courageous community.
Mo Browne – Djeli Said , acclaimed author, organizer, and Lincoln Center’s poet laureate, is our keynote. If you don’t know Mahogany’s work, prepare to be awed. She’s a force.
We’ve got an incredible investor panel talking about how midlife women are building and funding the future (because if we’re creating it, we need to understand how it gets resourced).
Lightning talks from amazing women who are actively creating new futures right now. These five-minute stories will teach you so much about how they do it and make you think, “wait, I could do that too.”
Creativity workshops that get you out of your head and into your hands.
And the kind of deep connection that only happens when midlife women who are doing big, brave things get in the same room together.
All proceeds benefit WorkOnward Foundation (making dignified work accessible for communities who have been sidelined by traditional systems) and 826 NYC (helping young people find their voices through writing).
Spots are strictly limited (we sell out every year) → The first 40 tickets include a deluxe gift bag (we still have a few left!)
I can’t wait to see you there.
Aransas
P.S. If you came last year and have been waiting for tickets to go on sale, they’re live now. Grab yours before the gift bags run out.