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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 19/08/2026

TODAY, join us in calling Assembly Budget Chair Jesse Gabriel, to protect $2B in climate, transit, and affordability funding before August 31st. As Budget Chair, he's key to CA's final budget. 📞916-319-2046 #california #policy #climate #affordability #transit

Action alert flyer with a blue border, titled "Action Alert: Save Climate Funding." It reads: Take 5 minutes to call Assembly Budget Chair Jesse Gabriel on Wednesday, August 19th to demand he take action to protect climate funding. Phone number: 916-319-2046. Below is a photo of the California State Capitol building with the U.S. and California flags. A sample script reads: "I'm calling as a resident of California impacted by Chair Gabriel's budget decisions to demand that he take action before August 31st to protect critical Tier 3 programs funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. We cannot meet our climate goals — or address the affordability needs in our state — without further investments in transit, affordable housing, clean air, and clean water."

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 10/07/2026

You're invited🎉 Rising Sun's Annual Celebration is September 17th, 5–8pm in Oakland. Live music, food, drinks, and an interactive conversation with the Rising Sun community. Tickets are up now! secure.qgiv.com/for/rsc2/eve...

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 06/05/2026

Our CEO is a keynote speaker at the California Green Building Conference at UC Berkeley on May 28! #CGBC brings together sustainability leaders to explore green building innovations. Julia joins keynote speaker Christine J. Harada, CPUC Commissioner. 👉Register usgbc.ca/cgbc26 #USGBCCA #CGBC2026

Promotional graphic for the 25th Annual California Green Building Conference 2026 and California Sustainability and Innovation Awards, hosted by USGBC California. Headline reads "Keynote Speaker: Julia Hatton, President & CEO, Rising Sun Center for Opportunity." Photo of Julia, a smiling woman with curly dark hair wearing a white button-down shirt. Conference URL: usgbc.ca/cgbc26.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 21/04/2026

Our 2025 Impact Report is here. 96 Energy Specialists, 105 union-ready graduates, and policy work showing up on state and national stages. Read the full report: report2025.risingsunopp.org ☀️ #ClimateSky #NonProfit #PolicySky #Construction

Rising Sun Center for Opportunity Impact Report 2025 cover slide titled "Hope and Solutions." Two young people in green Rising Sun shirts kneel on a sidewalk, working with tools from a black toolbox. Photo taken outdoors on a sunny day.

Slide titled "From Our CEO" with a quote from Julia Hatton: "In a year when hope and solutions felt in short supply, Rising Sun delivered on both, launching careers that uplifted individuals, their families, and their communities while expanding our programs, our policy advocacy work, and our footprint." Below the quote is a photo of Julia Hatton smiling outdoors, alongside her signature and the title "President and CEO."

Graphic with three colored sections summarizing 2025 program impact. Climate Careers section: "Trained and employed 96 youth as Climate Careers Energy Specialists who made over 4,000 homes more energy- and water-efficient across 12 counties in the Bay Area and Central California," with a photo of a group of smiling youth in green shirts holding certificates. Opportunity Build section: "Prepared 105 more Bay Area residents to double their earnings in just three years," with a photo of a person welding in protective gear. Policy section: "Built on the success of our Bay Area High Road Training Partnership for Residential Building Decarbonization to develop and release a policy priorities framework," with a photo of four people seated on a panel stage at the 2025 Resilience and Equity in the Clean Energy Sector conference.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 15/04/2026

It's California's first-ever #HeatPumpWeek! Heat pumps use electricity to heat and cool homes, lowering utility bills and carbon emissions. Rising Sun will be installing no-cost heat pumps for Central CA residents this year. We're proud to be part of this movement. ☀️ #HeatPumpWeekCA #ClimateSky

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 02/02/2026

The BLM sign on our #BayArea office is getting refurbished for a few months. In the meantime, check out what the lumenCrew put up! Racial equity is crucial to economic equity & climate resilience. We’re honored that we get to host these messages to thousands of people daily, especially right now.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 02/12/2025

This year, Opportunity Build debuted its first-ever cohort for 21 high school students pursuing pathways into the trades. We continue to host Women Building the Bay, where women & non-binary individuals can access high quality jobs for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Picture of high school students on graduation day for the Opportunity Build program, a program helping people enter the trades.

Picture of participants in Opportunity Build’s Women Building the Bay cohort, helping women and non-binary people enter the trades.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 02/12/2025

“This is one of my favorite organizations to work with; I work for Webcor Builders, a general contractor—and we hire people directly from Rising Sun.”

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 02/12/2025

For Cynthia, Rising Sun = opportunity where it’s needed most. If you want to support our work, every dollar donated will be DOUBLED tomorrow by our Board of Directors, up to $10,000. Please donate whatever is meaningful to you: secure.qgiv.com/event/rising...

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 21/11/2025

Field trip time! Our Women Building the Bay cohort of Opportunity Build visited UA342 in Concord last week. Check out Johnny’s welding-themed sleeve. Shoutout to this steadfast partner of Rising Sun’s work. #Union #Trades #WomenInTrades #Apprenticeship

Instructor talking with cohort participants in welding room

Instructor talking with cohort participants in piping room

Instructor showing cohort participants tools on wall for welding, pipe fitting, steam fitting, plumbing, and HVAC/R servicing

Instructor revealing his arm full of tattoos related to welding

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 22/09/2025

Stockton youth in our Climate Careers program nail interview questions for green jobs, and the generous support from the U.S. Bank Foundation helps our program continue to grow. Thank you for believing in our mission! (2/2)

Image of 5 youth wearing green uniforms as Energy Specialists for Rising Sun. They are standing in front of a house and posing for a picture.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 17/09/2025

Check out this feature by @otisrtaylorjr.bsky.social about our Lead Case Manager, Jenn, in KQED. "That’s the truth about touching the bottom: No one climbs out alone...We pass them every day—in tents, in shacks, at stoplights with cardboard pleas." www.kqed.org/news/1205480...

Photograph of Jenn Oakley, standing at a door frame and looking outside. She is in her new condo, purchased through the First Home Emeryville program. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for KQED.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 26/08/2025

Green House Call visits are now available in Merced & Madera County, August 25-October 3! Our youth Energy Specialists are trained to install energy- & water-saving items in your home. It's renter-friendly, environmentally-friendly, & wallet-friendly! Visit lnkd.in/gKPGmHP to learn more and sign up.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 28/07/2025

"Trades are important. There are a lot of jobs in the trades and a lot of opportunities." Check out this feature on Carlos Contaxis, an Island High student in our Opportunity Build program. So excited to see where your construction career takes you, Carlos! Read the feature here: bit.ly/459iiFw

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 10/06/2025

We’ve launched our new Strategic Plan! 🎉 Rising Sun’s 2025–27 Strategic Plan charts an ambitious course through a time of upheaval, and we’re excited to share the details with you at risingsunopp.org/wp-content/u...

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 05/04/2025

Announcing Opportunity’s Build’s first-ever high school cohort!! 🥳 From April through August 2025, Opportunity Build will welcome a targeted cohort of high school seniors and recent graduates into a combined after school and summer program. Graduates will receive their MC3 certification and more!

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 28/03/2025

“You want to talk about a class of hustlers? This is it,” shared our Opportunity Build Senior Program Manager at our Winter Cohort graduation last Friday. We’re so proud of this group, who had record numbers placed in jobs even before finishing the cohort. Drop them a congrats in the comments!

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 24/03/2025

California has ambitious decarbonization goals, but to meet those goals requires a highly trained workforce to build the infrastructure of the green transition. At the CEC’s recent electrification summit, they tapped Rising Sun’s expertise in training the clean energy workforce of the future.

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 19/03/2025

Rising Sun’s Oakland HQ officially has EV chargers!! 🥳 This has been a dream for so long, and as of this week we now have FIVE charging ports where staff and program participants can charge up their vehicles for free! ⚡⚡⚡ A big thanks to GRID Alternatives and partners who helped make this happen!

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 04/03/2025

Last year Rising Sun provided 2,253 homes in the Bay Area and Stockton with Green House Calls! 🏠 That amounts to: 💡 3.9 MILLION kWH saved 🚿 24.5 MILLION gallons of water saved 🤯 3.3K CO2 emissions prevented from entering the atmosphere 🤑 2 MILLION DOLLARS saved on utility bills

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Rising Sun Center for Opportunity @risingsunopp.org · 06/02/2025

Check out Rising Sun alum Niki Brown, a third-year UA 342 welder and pipefitter featured on the FRONT COVER of @usatoday.com's Black History Month Special Edition! The article starts on page 58 and also features former staff member and current Tradeswomen, Inc. ED Juanita Douglas: ow.ly/hEH550UUyaZ

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