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Originally published March 1, 2021 Dear Rising Sun Community, Rising Sun envisions a just and sustainable future for all people and our planet—a future [...]

Originally published June 3, 2020 Dear Rising Sun Community, COVID-19 has radically altered how we interact with death. It takes more to shock us than [...]

Rising Sun is excited to welcome Phil Miller and Mel Parker, MD, as our incoming Board Chair and Vice Chair. Once a member of Rising [...]

Effective yesterday, Rising Sun champion Tyi Johnson concluded her term of service as Board Chair.  In 2012, Tyi joined the Rising Sun family as [...]

In 2020, our in-home Green House Call service went virtual. While we’re proud to have helped Bay Area and San Joaquin residents address climate [...]

We're thankful for partners like Accenture, whose employees volunteer to mentor our Climate Careers Leaders in Field Training. Here's RISE mentor Phillip Wharton's story: [...]

Dear Friends of Rising Sun, How do you leave a job you love? How do you let go of an organization that you have [...]

Coming from a military school, as opposed to a normal public school, has increased my passion for being a leader and striving for higher [...]

My name is Catherine Lyons and I serve as the LIFT at the Antioch/East Contra Costa site. Currently, I’m studying at the University of California [...]

The Future was Then My name is T’Andre’ Ernesto White. I serve the entirety of San Francisco and North San Mateo, from my office, located [...]

The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) has been providing water to the East Bay in Alameda and Contra Costa counties for over 95 years. [...]

Dear Community, Friends, and Partners of Rising Sun,The Board is announcing that in August, Jodi Pincus, is stepping down from her role as Executive Director [...]

My name is Dannie Guzman. Before coming to Rising Sun, I had just served six years on a 15 years-to-life sentence. At 17 years [...]

Candance Miles, better known as AD, is a Bay Area native. AD was adopted into a white middle-class family and was raised in San [...]

Accenture and Rising Sun have a very special relationship, one that’s grounded in mission-aligned values that promote lifelong impacts on individual lives. Accenture Corporate [...]

Berkeley Lab has become a major sustainer of Rising Sun, empowering youth and adult participants to achieve environmental and economic sustainability. Berkeley Lab has [...]

Known as the “Special Ops Team” for finance and accounting departments, A2Q2 is an accounting firm passionate about the impact they make in their [...]

We all know that children are the future, but what does that really mean to us? Think about it this way - someday our children [...]

Being Energy Efficient While You Sleep We are all aware that wasting our planet's resources by overusing energy is proving to be catastrophic, not to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Vega Marketing and Graphic Design Manager Rising Sun Center for Opportunity 510-665-1501 ext. 322 vega@risingsunopp.org Rising Sun Center for Opportunity [...]

Rising Sun's Rebranding!  Our name, Rising Sun Energy Center, has been with us since our founding in 1994. We've had a lot of great [...]

As a working single mother of three, it has always been a goal of mine to go back to school. I had been tired [...]

Growing up in south Vallejo had its ups and downs. It was fun to be around the culture; but it was difficult growing up in [...]

“Fake it till you make it.” is the response my manager gave me when I asked how she overcame her fear of public speaking. I [...]