Leaders Innovators & Forward Thinkers of Tomorrow (LIFTT Inc.) will hosts its 1st Annual Winter Jazz Affair at Mills College on December 5, 2015 in support of its 2015 Campaign for STEM Education. This event will support the scale up of STEM education to K-12 children and youth in Oakland, CA and the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Black Engineering and Science Students Association (BESSA) hosted students of the LIFTT-NSBE Jr. Chapter while in attendance at its "All About STEM Mentorship Series" on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Soda Hall on the campus of UC Berkeley.

Dr. NNeka Harrison and Dr. Chris Harrison (a husband and wife team of African-American educators) have both earned their doctorates in education from Mills College in Oakland, CA. The story of Drs. Chris and NNeka Harrison is an inspiration for many.