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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @RisingSunOpp
Joined March 2011
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Announcing our Public Programs Best Practices Guide! It is a complementary resource to the Job Quality and Labor Standards Toolkit that shares approaches to designing decarb programs that advance both economic and climate resilience. ow.ly/oZu450UYQiZ
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Extra extra! 📰 Read all about Women Building the Bay graduate Niki Brown, who featured on the FRONT COVER of USA Today!! The article starts on page 58: ow.ly/ZWE350UUyb0
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BIG NEWS! Rising Sun’s policy department, which has been working to uplift job quality in publicly funded residential decarbonization programs, announced the release of a Job Quality and Labor Standards Toolkit: ow.ly/F67Y50UtQRu
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Help us continue serving our community and building a just, sustainable future for all people and our planet. Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to donate to our fundraising campaign. Whether this will be your 1st or 50th donation to Rising Sun, please give today: secure.qgiv.com/event/rising…
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Rising Sun has trained over 3,000 of our neighbors through Opportunity Build, and become a model for what holistic, high-road workforce development looks like. Please donate today to directly support individuals reshaping their lives and their cities. secure.qgiv.com/event/rising…
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Green jobs should be good jobs. By advocating for labor standards in the residential decarbonization field, we can help reduce the wage gap that Latinx workers face when working on residential decarb projects. Learn more at risingsunopp.org/policy
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It was such a thrill and an honor to accept the Environmental Justice award from @USGBCCalifornia this week on behalf of Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, our incredible staff, Board, and all of our program participants and graduates.
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The Environmental Justice Award honors an organization or person who has led in putting equity and the environment at the center of focus for projects and buildings in our region. Thank you again USGBC California for this recognition!
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Surprise MATCH DAY! Thanks to campaign sponsor McCarthy Building Companies, we have bonus matching funds up to $8,500. Whether this will be your first or fiftieth donation to Rising Sun, don’t miss this chance to double your impact: secure.qgiv.com/event/rising…

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Snippets from our interview with Delrisha White! Thank you to our community for helping every one of us — from program participants to staff — learn, grow, and succeed these past 30 years. Now more than ever, your support matters. Donate today: secure.qgiv.com/event/rising…
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Yesterday we raised $6,200 for our fundraising campaign!!! We’ve still got a ways to go to reach our $50K goal; if you missed your chance to donate yesterday, there’s still time! Head over to secure.qgiv.com/event/rising…
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MATCH your donation to our fundraising campaign this Giving Tuesday! Thanks to sponsor McCarthy Building Companies, all donations up to $12K today will be MATCHED — today only! Visit secure.qgiv.com/event/rising… to donate. Please share widely!

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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday and all donations to our fundraising campaign will be MATCHED by McCarthy Building Companies, up to $12K! Tell your family, your friends, your community – the future we need is up to us, and tomorrow’s the chance for 2x impact! secure.qgiv.com/event/rising…
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Not only is Rising Sun recognized as a local leader at the intersection of climate change and equity, our programs have also been held up as innovative models at international climate conferences by 50th Mayor of Oakland and candidate for State Treasurer Libby Schaaf! 🤯
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This fall, our Stockton team served 91 homes with no-cost energy and water efficiency upgrades in just two months 🤯 And thanks to a new partnership with the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, youth had access to electric vehicles to deliver these Green House Calls! ⚡🚗
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As we celebrate 30 years of success and consider our future, we see you standing alongside us. Whether this will be your first or fiftieth donation to Rising Sun, we’d love your support. Now more than ever, your gift matters. Donate today: secure.qgiv.com/event/rising…

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Thank you for being a part of our community 🧡 Our annual Worksgiving is a chance for all of us to sit down together, reconnect over good food and conversation, and share everything we’re grateful for. Our bellies and hearts are so full, y’all. 🦃🦃🦃
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We also recognize that November is Native American Heritage Month; Rising Sun's Oakland headquarters are located on the traditional land of the Lisjan Ohlone people, and our Stockton office is on the traditional land of the Yokuts people—past, present, and future.
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Don't miss Rising Sun speaking at this forum! We'll be sharing about our youth Climate Careers model and our policy work in the residential decarbonization space. Register at: bayren.org/events/its-not-ea…
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