Rising Sun Center for Opportunity

@risingsunopp.org

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A nonprofit building career pathways for economic equity and climate resilience through workforce development and youth jobs. risingsunopp.org

Collage of Rising Sun Center for Opportunity program participants and staff at work—performing various construction skills, doing water and energy efficiency work, and smiling together outdoors and on job sites. Text overlay reads "You're Invited: Annual Celebration, September 17, 2026, 5:00–8:00 p.m." with the Rising Sun Center for Opportunity logo.
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.
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.
A man smiles while holding a remote control in front of a wall-mounted heat pump unit inside a home. The image has a green overlay with the Heat Pump Week logo and text reading 'Heat Pump Week CA, April 11–19, 2026.
Video showing the lumenCrew’s process of taking down the Black Lives Matter sign on top of Rising Sun Center for Opportunity’s East Bay office while it’s getting refurbished for a few months and putting up a Know Justice Know Peace sign. The sign is visible from I-580 while driving through California’s Bay Area.
Picture of high school students on graduation day for the Opportunity Build program, a program helping people enter the trades.
Instructor talking with cohort participants in welding room
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.
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.
Image with text that says "Merced and Madera County residents: sign up for a no-cost Green House Call! August 25 to October 3rd." There is an image of two youth in green polo uniforms, inspecting a meter on the side of a house. There is a link for risingsunopp.org/programs/ghc/.