Zainab Jamal chosen as NSR Sustainability VISTA through Oct. 2024
New Sun Rising is happy to announce that Zainab Jamal will serve as the Sustainability VISTA for the organization through October 2024. In this role, Zainab has a focus on …
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Kayla Misera hired as Community Experience Catalyst for Millvale Food + Energy Hub
New Sun Rising is happy to announce that Kayla Misera has been hired as the Community Experience Catalyst for the Millvale Food + Energy Hub. In this role, Kayla oversees …
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Lack of affordable housing, reliable public transit tied to poverty, hunger in Allegheny County
In August, a local nonprofit released a study detailing the rise of corporations and investors buying homes in the city of Pittsburgh, finding that these sales rose 10% over the …
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Department of Energy Awards Local Nonprofits $400,000
Pittsburgh, PA — The U.S. Department of Energy has announced Energy Efficiency Empowerment (E3), a fiscally sponsored project of New Sun Rising (NSR), and Hazelwood Initiative as one of 45 …
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Team led by Energy Efficiency Empowerment wins $400,000 from DOE to increase affordable, green homes in the region
Above: Looking at the rooftops of these homes, it is easy to see the houses without proper insulation. Courtesy of Lucy de Barbaro. Energy Efficiency Empowerment is a new organization …
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Hilltop Rising secures funding for 744 E. Warrington Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA — Hilltop Community Holdings LLC has received $302,000 from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to purchase 744 E. Warrington Ave. in Allentown. The space will be used for …
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Hilltop Rising expands opportunities for South Hilltop residents with permanent home on Warrington Ave.
Above: (Left to right) Zak Thomas, partner at STIKO BRUNO, LLC, Jmar Bey, co-founder of South Hilltop Men’s Group and Hilltop Rising, and Scott Wolovich, executive director at New Sun …
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Program launches for environmental justice communities to organize, access generational funding opportunities
Above: The SURJE Summit (Southern Unity for Racial Justice and Equity) in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo by Scott Wolovich. Two trillion dollars is an impossible amount of money to wrap your …
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First user guide released to assist in Vibrancy Portal exploration
Information and technology are important tools that can help organizations and communities define and reach their goals, but sometimes aggregating the data can be overwhelming. To assist nonprofits, social enterprises, …
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Wells Fargo funds Clean Energy Workforce Program
The Wells Fargo Foundation has granted New Sun Rising (NSR) $22,000 for the Clean Energy Workforce Program. The Clean Energy Workforce Program was established in 2021-2022 in part through seed …
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Applications open for Community Experience Catalyst at the Hub
Above: Participants at the Millvale Food + Energy Hub in March 2022 for the Triboro Ecodistrict Workshop. Are you a community oriented individual with facility management experience? New Sun Rising …
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Applications open for NSR Sustainability VISTA
Above: Robert Tunon of Etna (left) and Essifash Glah-Fisher (right), previous NSR Sustainability VISTA, working on the Etna Eco Park in 2021. New Sun Rising is looking for a Sustainability …
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