News & Views from Rising Sun
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Life After Sunset: Catching Up with Former Energy Specialist Griffin Boyle
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 [...]
It’s National Mentoring Month!
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: [...]
Jodi’s Love Letter
Dear Friends of Rising Sun, How do you leave a job you love? How do you let go of an organization that you have [...]
The Future Is Now
Coming from a military school, as opposed to a normal public school, has increased my passion for being a leader and striving for higher [...]
All About Me
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
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 [...]
Taking the Stand
My current long term career goal is to become a judge in the US judiciary, aiming for the honor of serving on the 6th District [...]
How EBMUD and Rising Sun elevate the importance of conserving water
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. [...]
Public Announcement of Jodi’s Departure
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 [...]
Second chance at life
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 [...]
I refuse to be labeled
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 [...]
Rising Sun and Accenture: A ‘Changemaker’ Partnership
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 [...]
Rising Sun Sustainer: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab has become a major sustainer of Rising Sun, empowering youth and adult participants to achieve environmental and economic sustainability. Berkeley Lab has [...]
Partnership Spotlight: A2Q2 Sustainer
Known as the “Special Ops Team” for finance and accounting departments, A2Q2 is an accounting firm passionate about the impact they make in their [...]
Guest Blogger Series: Growing up Green: The Importance of Teaching Your Children About Sustainability
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
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 [...]
Press Release: Grand Opening Event
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 [...]
We’re rebranding!
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 [...]
Leading By Example
As a working single mother of three, it has always been a goal of mine to go back to school. I had been tired [...]
There’s No Planet B
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 [...]
The Future is Now
“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 [...]
Homecoming
As a Bay Area native who moved away from the nest for five years, I became aware of how important it was to involve my [...]
My Career Goal
Every day we are expected to be successful, however, we each have our own definition of what it means to have success. As a [...]
Limitless Leader
Leadership to me means being able to motivate a group of people to work towards achieving a common goal. I hope to become a [...]
Defining Leadership
To me, good leadership is a balance between being a mentor, being organized, accomplishing personal goals, and helping others accomplish theirs. In my personal experience, [...]
“Rising Sun will meet you more than halfway, but you have to do your part. My cohort was very supportive and really kept me going. My classmates told me I could do it and I did.”
“I would encourage GETS for anyone interested in the sustainability of themselves, their family, resources, and the planet.”
“If I did not attend the GETS program, I would not have seen how bright my future could be, and that’s all thanks to the amazing training and skills I’ve learned from Rising Sun.”