Alex Sisk
Senior Communications Manager
Press
Media Contact
Recent Press
2025
- Jobs for the Future: Building Resilient Training Programs | How Training Programs Can Determine What’s Next—and What’s Needed
- The E’ville Eye: Formerly Homeless Woman Details Journey to Emeryville Homeownership
- The Richmond Standard: Trades Demo Day coming to San Pablo City Hall
- KQED: From Homeless to Homeowner | One Bay Area Woman’s Journey
- BayREN News: From Intern to Energy Advisor | Ronald’s Journey From Climate Careers to EASE Home
- CivicWell CURRENTS: Making Energy Efficiency Accessible | San Joaquin County Youth Program Develops Clean Workforce, Builds Climate Resilience
- The Richmond Standard: San Pablo Career Fair to showcase high-demand trades
- Yale Climate Connections: Free house calls help Californian residents save money on their utility bills
- Alameda Unified School District: Senior Spotlight | Carlos Contaxis (Island High)
- Tipping Point Community: Record-Breaking $20 Million Raised in One Night
- The San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area nonprofits face funding cuts as DEI programs come under fire
- San Francisco State University: SFSU celebrates Earth Week with action, optimism and fun
- RMI: Reforming Energy Efficiency Programs to Increase Heat Pump Adoption
- The Sonoma Index-Tribune: Free energy-saving initiatives for residents in March
- Common Dreams: Nearly 200 Groups Call on Democratic Leaders to Oppose Immunity for the Fossil Fuel Industry
- BayREN: Celebrating 25 Years of Climate Careers | Building a Greener, More Equitable Future (also avaialble via The Bay Link)
- The Richmond Standard: ‘Careers & Women in the Trades Day’ set for San Pablo City Hall
- The Stockton Record: It’s not a scam | Stockton residents will automatically be switched to new power provider
- USA Today: Trading Up | Black women are finding success in the trades
- Local News Matters: Why climate change is fueling efforts to bring pay equity to home electrification industry
2024
- 14th Annual CA Green Building & Community Awards Announced
- ACWD Wins 2024 WaterSense Excellence Award
- MCE Clean Energy: Building the Workforce for Our Clean Energy Future
- City of Hayward: Learn how to save on energy bills with your time-of-use rate plan
- UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation: Stockton Rising | A Baseline and Progress Report on Early Implementation of the TCC Grant
- UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation: Community-driven climate action spurs economic benefits
- Bay City News: Marin County free program helps residents make homes more energy, water efficient (also available via Patch)
- California Environmental Literacy Initiative: Call to Action | Educating for a Green Economy
- Northeastern Global News: Northeastern University conference in Oakland tackles economic and workforce development issues
- EIN News: Rosie the Riveter Trust Launches 2024 Rosie Certification for Gender Equity in Construction
- Alameda County Contractor Technical Assistance Program: 1st Quarter 2024 Contractor Report
- NRDC: Time for a Different Approach to Building Upgrade Programs (also available via CleanTechnica)
- WorkingNation: Providing career opportunity inside juvenile hall
2023
- The Mary Sue: Six Local Organizations To Donate to for Giving Tuesday
- Marin Independent Journal: Novato Spanish speakers offered kits to ease utility bills
- California Constructor: Opportunity Build Offers Pathways to Rewarding Careers
- NewsBreak: Marin County Initiative Offers Energy-Saving Kits to Spanish-Speaking Residents
- The San Francisco Business Times: Rising Sun is building the equitable workforce of the future
- In the Loop: Meet Christine Vertiz
- KQED Mind/Shift: New climate legislation could create 9 million jobs. Will students be ready to fill them? (also available via The Hechinger Report)
- MCE Clean Energy: Investing in Careers Through Rising Sun
- In the Loop: Meet Ashley Lewis
- WorkingNation: ‘You could almost define everything we do in California as green jobs’
- Pubic News Service: Green Jobs in CA Projected to Rise 7%
2022
- The Oaklandside: Job training and community service come with a paycheck at Rising Sun (sponsored by Bank of America)
- The San Francisco Business Times: Rising Sun’s career exploration offers chance for discovery, accessing full potential
- In the Loop: Meet Jamil Weaks
- Smart Cities Dive: The power of a clean energy economy
- SFGATE: Surplus Land To Be Used As Housing For Disadvantaged Youth, Seniors, Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
- MCE Clean Energy: Green Workforce Spotlight | Damian Lee
- The New York Times: Rebuilding Her Life While She Builds Homes
- BayREN: Celebrating Rising Sun | Forging Paths for a Clean Economy and High Roads Jobs
- The East Bay Express: Rosie’s Redux | Union trades revive as suitable jobs for women
- The San Fransico Chronicle: Moms 4 Housing took a stand against Oakland’s housing crisis. Now their home has its first residents
- MCE Clean Energy: Green Workforce Spotlight | Bry’Ana Wallace
2021
- The East Bay Times: Share the Spirit | Experience in building trades strengthens East Bay women’s confidence
- MCE Clean Energy: Green Workforce Spotlight | Jessica Lee
- The San Francisco Bay View: Building up women for careers in construction
- KQED: How to Get—Or Make—a Free Or Low-Cost Air Purifier For Your Home
- The Oaklandside: Investing in renewable energy | Where you bank matters to the environment (sponsored by Beneficial State Bank)
- Rocky Mountain Institute: Rental Efficiency Standards | A Win for Equity and Climate
- The Independent: Tri-Valley Agencies Join Carbon Reduction Partnership
- The Sacramento Bee: California job seekers find new careers with help from a rent relief program. Here’s how
2020
- The San Franisco Chronicle: Bay Area has been memorable, but family’s calling
- The San Francisco Chronicle: The extreme difficulty of moving off the streets and into a home
- The Emeryville Eye: Emeryville Artivists Express Solidarity with BLM Movement with ‘Neon Voices’ Installation
- The San Francisco Chronicle: Who can really afford rent in the Bay Area? Beats the heck out of me
2019
- SMW 104 Local News: 2019 Women Build Nations Conference
- The East Bay Times: Share the Spirit | Rising Sun Center for Opportunity brightens career paths in Bay Area
- Floating Times: Getting Help Going Green
2018
- California Economic Summit: Workforce training programs take top prize in the Summit’s annual PIE contest for 2018
- HuffPost: Women At Work | ‘Pre-Apprenticeships’ Boost Female Construction Workers
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2025
- San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Organization: What’s That | Workforce Programs with Rising Sun
- Tipping Point Community: Fahim Reese, featured at 2025 Tipping Point Benefit
2024
- New Door Ventures: Meet Anthony
- KTOP TV-10: Oakland Forward Jobs Program
- NBC Bay Area Making it in the Bay: Women hoping to make it in the Bay take on construction jobs
- KTVU Mornings on 2: Rising Sun
2023
- North Marin Community Services Community Ambassador Training for Energy Efficiency Kits
- Indeed for Business: Here to Help | Why does climate change hit marginalized communities harder?
- KTVU Mornings on 2: Women Are Building in the Bay Area
- KCRT Climate Careers Promo: Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
2022
- BayREN: Climate Careers is Investing in the Future
- Rising Sun Spotlight: The J40A Cohort Experience
- Lunch and Learn Series 2: The Impact of Meaningful Early Youth Employment
2021
2020
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- Opportunity Build Spotlight, TIME: The Green New Deal? It’s Already Happening In California
- Opportunity Build Spotlight: High Road Construction Careers
2016
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- 3/30/19: “Women Building the Bay” Graduation Ceremony at Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
- 1/7/19: Rising Sun Center for Opportunity Grand Opening event
2017
2016
2015
2014
- Celebrating 30 Years: Impact Report 2023
- Impact Report 2022
- Impact Report 2021
- Resilience Report 2020
- Annual Report 2019
- Annual Report 2018
- Annual Report 2017
- Annual Report 2016
- Annual Report 2015
- Annual Report 2014
- Annual Report 2013
- Annual Report 2012
- Annual Report 2011
- Annual Report 2010
- Annual Report 2009
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NBC Bay Area Making it in the Bay: Women hoping to make it in the Bay take on construction jobs
