Lee Wellington

Executive Director @UmfgAlliance.

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center’s Director of Business Operations Dr Cortez on how to bring diverse mfgs into the supply chain and connecting to @NIST_MEP. #GatherUpUMA @TCFdotorg @UMfgAlliance

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

#GatherUpUMA @TCFdotorg fellow Michelle Burris on #chipsandscienceact and deepening connections to HBCUs.

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

#GatherUpUMA @DrRonWilliams presenting on how collaboration with HBCU, community-embedded makerspace and corporate partners can come together to influence state policy on manufacturing.

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

#gatherupuma Tanu from @UMfgAlliance describing how manufacturing creates healthy and thriving places to work and live- with middle-wage jobs people can get to through public transport or even a short walk!

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

#gatherupuma @_seattlemade in Houston on matching-making between small businesses & property owners for popup activation using federal covid relief and city dollars. This can lead to longterm leases for entrepreneurs.

[Andrew Stettner @pelhamprog]

Beautiful crowd of urban #manufacturing practitioners at the @UMfgAlliance national gathering in Houston Texas!!!

[The Idea Midwife (Action Jackson) @eclecticresolve]

@UMfgAlliance Excited to learn something that makes instant application, eng and idea implementation available for all. Growinh Makerspaces grows opportunities. Makerspaces ecosystems are necessary for HTX. #GatherUpUMA #makerspace #engineering #3dprinting

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

#gatherupuma @MfgRenChicago sharing their community work in Chicago in Houston with Young Mfg Association and Ministers for Mfg.

[Faith & Leadership @faithleadership]

When faith leaders come together around manufacturing, they can change the perception of what it means to be a maker, says Lee Wellington, the executive director of the Urban Manufacturing Alliance: https://t.co/i4tXi5leZs

[Coppin State College of Business @CoppinAllBiz]

Lee Wellington breaks down urban manufacturing & the sector stigma, known as the 3D's- Dying, Dangerous, & Dirty! Lee states, "generation wealth building opportunities exist..." She states @UMfgAlliance is working to assure equity & inclusion for people of color. #EICAC2021

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

Miquela Craytor talking curriculum design and the importance of conecting design processes to building technical mfg skills @NYC_SBS @NextCityOrg @UMfgAlliance

[Lee Wellington @LeeWelli]

#LiviaLam throwing out automatic renewal to narrow the gap between pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeship pipeines at federal policy release event @NextCityOrg @UMfgAlliance

[Maker Faire @makerfaire]

#makers like YOU can rebuild the economy. TOMORROW @ 4pm PT /7pm ET on @make FB with @dalepd, @NationOfMakers, @ilanapreuss of @recastcity, @LeeWelli of @UmfgAlliance, @GinaLujan of @SacHackerLab, and @rainforestbook of @RighttoStart. https://t.co/7gfNCLw01Z

[Michelle Young @michelleyoungNY]

This is my hometown post office in Setauket NY. It struck an obsession with the postal service that I carry to this day. The #USPS worker Stephanie knows everyone’s names. While home for the summer it suddenly had its hours cut in half. I now see it’s all part of something more..

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

We're live with @DrRonWilliams, @RhandiBerth, @LeeWelli, Autumn Russell, and @pelhamprog discussing equity and industrial rebirth, and announcing the launch of a new national cohort of workforce development groups.

Tune in: https://t.co/mXXzFxdpXh

[The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg]

"There isn't just a moral imperative to promote equity in the manufacturing sector, but also an economic imperative," says @LeeWelli.

[PolicyLink @policylink]

#InSolidarity w/ @UMfgAlliance in lifting up research on the inequitable capital flow to makers & manufacturers of color & ways that community-based lenders are centering inclusion to promote equity. Hear their stories, Forging Fairness report. https://t.co/UVvgqq5DIP

[NeighborsTaken @NeighborsTaken]

Philip Braverman, 87, of Long Island, NY died of COVID-19 on May 2nd with his wife Etta by his side. He was a renowned economist who loved time with his family, and with his fellow Jewish war veterans at the local Jewish Community Center. More @dbubbeo1014 https://t.co/xR8ao1sHrk

[Soapbox Cincinnati @SoapboxCincy]

.@UMfgAlliance surveyed 100+ manufacturers, mostly very small. One big finding: they are likely to grow. #IDEALAB2019