New Sun Rising
@newsunrising.bsky.social
We envision a vibrant and equitable future where communities are sustainable and have access to the resources necessary to thrive.
Ready to take your fundraising to the next level? Learn how to strengthen your budget, fundraising plan, and pitch.
Join NSR for the ‘Foundations of Fundraising’ Ignite Workshop on January 27. Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-wor...
Join NSR for the ‘Foundations of Fundraising’ Ignite Workshop on January 27. Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-wor...
January 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Ready to take your fundraising to the next level? Learn how to strengthen your budget, fundraising plan, and pitch.
Join NSR for the ‘Foundations of Fundraising’ Ignite Workshop on January 27. Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-wor...
Join NSR for the ‘Foundations of Fundraising’ Ignite Workshop on January 27. Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-wor...
"Project Blue Space will include cultural research, storytelling, an online platform and public events around the topic.
The project, set to launch in April, is backed by the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place program, which funds inquiries into the history of given geographic places."
The project, set to launch in April, is backed by the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place program, which funds inquiries into the history of given geographic places."
Pittsburgh artist gets grant for project on Black community and water
The Mellon Foundation has awarded nationally known, Pittsburgh-based artist Shikeith $250,000 for Project Blue Space, about the links between the Black community and water
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January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"Project Blue Space will include cultural research, storytelling, an online platform and public events around the topic.
The project, set to launch in April, is backed by the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place program, which funds inquiries into the history of given geographic places."
The project, set to launch in April, is backed by the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place program, which funds inquiries into the history of given geographic places."
To make financial capital more accessible, New Sun Rising uses an integrated approach through our Vibrancy Funds.
If you're wondering what that entails, watch this short video for a quick explanation from New Sun Rising's Director of Vibrancy Funds Judi Costanza.
If you're wondering what that entails, watch this short video for a quick explanation from New Sun Rising's Director of Vibrancy Funds Judi Costanza.
December 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
To make financial capital more accessible, New Sun Rising uses an integrated approach through our Vibrancy Funds.
If you're wondering what that entails, watch this short video for a quick explanation from New Sun Rising's Director of Vibrancy Funds Judi Costanza.
If you're wondering what that entails, watch this short video for a quick explanation from New Sun Rising's Director of Vibrancy Funds Judi Costanza.
Founded by Sydney Davis during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Artist Talk was created to give Black and Brown artists a platform to affirm and advocate for their own value and themselves. This past November, they celebrated their four year anniversary: www.newsunrising.org/the-blog-of-...
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Founded by Sydney Davis during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Artist Talk was created to give Black and Brown artists a platform to affirm and advocate for their own value and themselves. This past November, they celebrated their four year anniversary: www.newsunrising.org/the-blog-of-...
What does New Sun Rising's Executive Director Scott Wolovich want you to know to know about the role NSR plays in the community?
To support the future of our work, make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
To support the future of our work, make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
December 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What does New Sun Rising's Executive Director Scott Wolovich want you to know to know about the role NSR plays in the community?
To support the future of our work, make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
To support the future of our work, make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
The Open Forum for AI and Community Forge are teaming up to host free, hands-on AI literacy training workshops to develop practical skills for nonprofit and public sector settings.
Fill out the survey linked here to help shape the sessions and get on the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Fill out the survey linked here to help shape the sessions and get on the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Open Forum for AI and Community Forge are teaming up to host free, hands-on AI literacy training workshops to develop practical skills for nonprofit and public sector settings.
Fill out the survey linked here to help shape the sessions and get on the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Fill out the survey linked here to help shape the sessions and get on the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
PACE is pleased to announce its 10th Leadership Development Cohort. This opportunity for BIPOC nonprofit executive & next-generation leaders provides 6 months of professional, executive coaching at no cost to them or their organizations.
Submit LOI by 12/29: na4.documents.adobe.com/public/esign...
Submit LOI by 12/29: na4.documents.adobe.com/public/esign...
December 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
PACE is pleased to announce its 10th Leadership Development Cohort. This opportunity for BIPOC nonprofit executive & next-generation leaders provides 6 months of professional, executive coaching at no cost to them or their organizations.
Submit LOI by 12/29: na4.documents.adobe.com/public/esign...
Submit LOI by 12/29: na4.documents.adobe.com/public/esign...
Twenty years of sustainability to improve the health of our communities for current and future generations through projects like South Hilltop Men’s Group’s Lots of Pride Community Garden.
Help us continue the vision of a vibrant future and make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
Help us continue the vision of a vibrant future and make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Twenty years of sustainability to improve the health of our communities for current and future generations through projects like South Hilltop Men’s Group’s Lots of Pride Community Garden.
Help us continue the vision of a vibrant future and make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
Help us continue the vision of a vibrant future and make a donation today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
"In total, the DEP determined the plant released oil-contaminated water on nine separate occasions, from August 2022 through April 2025. Once, according to the settlement, the DEP observed that the sheen traveled as far as 1.5 miles downriver."
U.S. Steel agrees to pay $135K fine, end oily releases into Mon River at Irvin Works
U.S. Steel has agreed to pay a fine and prevent oil from one of its plants from discharging into the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh.
www.alleghenyfront.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"In total, the DEP determined the plant released oil-contaminated water on nine separate occasions, from August 2022 through April 2025. Once, according to the settlement, the DEP observed that the sheen traveled as far as 1.5 miles downriver."
The Vibrancy Awards is this Friday, Dec. 5!
Buy your tickets now to support local leaders who are strengthening culture, promoting sustainability, and creating opportunity throughout our region!
Buy your tickets now to support local leaders who are strengthening culture, promoting sustainability, and creating opportunity throughout our region!
New Sun Rising's Vibrancy Awards
The New Sun Rising 20th Anniversary Vibrancy Awards will be held on December 5, 2025, at 6 PM. This special event honors outstanding community leaders for their unwavering commitment to wellbeing and ...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Vibrancy Awards is this Friday, Dec. 5!
Buy your tickets now to support local leaders who are strengthening culture, promoting sustainability, and creating opportunity throughout our region!
Buy your tickets now to support local leaders who are strengthening culture, promoting sustainability, and creating opportunity throughout our region!
Donate $20 to NSR in honor of our 20th Anniversary!
With two decades of experience supporting grassroots leaders, amplifying disadvantaged voices, & building community relationships, NSR is developing the tools to support large scale change in the Greater Pittsburgh region. #GiveBigPGH
With two decades of experience supporting grassroots leaders, amplifying disadvantaged voices, & building community relationships, NSR is developing the tools to support large scale change in the Greater Pittsburgh region. #GiveBigPGH
Support New Sun Rising | Give Big Pittsburgh 2025
I’m ready to support New Sun Rising on December 2, 2025 during Give Big Pittsburgh 2025.
Learn more about New Sun Rising and all the other organizations
participating in Give Big Pittsburgh 2025.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Donate $20 to NSR in honor of our 20th Anniversary!
With two decades of experience supporting grassroots leaders, amplifying disadvantaged voices, & building community relationships, NSR is developing the tools to support large scale change in the Greater Pittsburgh region. #GiveBigPGH
With two decades of experience supporting grassroots leaders, amplifying disadvantaged voices, & building community relationships, NSR is developing the tools to support large scale change in the Greater Pittsburgh region. #GiveBigPGH
Join us for the Vibrancy Awards on Dec. 5 as we celebrate community leaders for their unwavering commitment to wellbeing and resilience: Aquene Watkins-Wise of Royally Fit, Raynise and TaRay Kelly of Soil Sisters Plant Nursery, and Jasimine Cooper of Landforce: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Join us for the Vibrancy Awards on Dec. 5 as we celebrate community leaders for their unwavering commitment to wellbeing and resilience: Aquene Watkins-Wise of Royally Fit, Raynise and TaRay Kelly of Soil Sisters Plant Nursery, and Jasimine Cooper of Landforce: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Meet the ambassadors for Pittsburgh's most flood-prone neighborhoods (including Annie Quinn of the Mon Water Project, a fiscally sponsored project of New Sun Rising).
Meet the ambassadors for Pittsburgh’s most flood-prone neighborhoods
Pittsburgh’s flood-prone zones get little support from the state or feds. As climate change drives erratic weather, these local leaders are stepping up.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Meet the ambassadors for Pittsburgh's most flood-prone neighborhoods (including Annie Quinn of the Mon Water Project, a fiscally sponsored project of New Sun Rising).
On Dec. 4-6, Food & Water Watch, alongside Pittsburgh United & the Movement to End Fossil Fuels, is hosting a training to equip advocates for on-the-ground organizing to pursue clean energy & end fossil fuel use in our region.
Learn more: movement-to-end-fossil-fuels.solidarity.tech/pa-organizin...
Learn more: movement-to-end-fossil-fuels.solidarity.tech/pa-organizin...
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On Dec. 4-6, Food & Water Watch, alongside Pittsburgh United & the Movement to End Fossil Fuels, is hosting a training to equip advocates for on-the-ground organizing to pursue clean energy & end fossil fuel use in our region.
Learn more: movement-to-end-fossil-fuels.solidarity.tech/pa-organizin...
Learn more: movement-to-end-fossil-fuels.solidarity.tech/pa-organizin...
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Join us on Dec. 5 as we celebrate the inspiring contributions of our Vibrancy Awardees and two decades of New Sun Rising’s community impact!
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Join us on Dec. 5 as we celebrate the inspiring contributions of our Vibrancy Awardees and two decades of New Sun Rising’s community impact!
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Dream the Future: A Career Fair Building Pittsburgh’s Green Workforce is Dec. 3. This convening is designed to connect job seekers, employers, & workforce partners across PGH's emerging green sectors—including solar, urban forestry, & clean energy innovation: www.eventbrite.com/e/dream-the-...
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Dream the Future: A Career Fair Building Pittsburgh’s Green Workforce is Dec. 3. This convening is designed to connect job seekers, employers, & workforce partners across PGH's emerging green sectors—including solar, urban forestry, & clean energy innovation: www.eventbrite.com/e/dream-the-...
"These changes could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group."
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"These changes could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group."
There is still time to register for the National People’s Hearing Tour on November 21–22 at the Omni William Penn!
The Speak Easy, Speak Free People's Hearing is a two-day public expression of testimonies, solutions and cultural celebration. Learn more here: greenmeetings.regfox.com/speak-easy-s...
The Speak Easy, Speak Free People's Hearing is a two-day public expression of testimonies, solutions and cultural celebration. Learn more here: greenmeetings.regfox.com/speak-easy-s...
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There is still time to register for the National People’s Hearing Tour on November 21–22 at the Omni William Penn!
The Speak Easy, Speak Free People's Hearing is a two-day public expression of testimonies, solutions and cultural celebration. Learn more here: greenmeetings.regfox.com/speak-easy-s...
The Speak Easy, Speak Free People's Hearing is a two-day public expression of testimonies, solutions and cultural celebration. Learn more here: greenmeetings.regfox.com/speak-easy-s...
"Australians have installed more than 4m solar systems and there is regularly cheap excess generation in the middle of the day. Part of the rationale for the program is that it could shift demand for electricity from peak times – particularly early in the evening – to when it is sunniest."
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power – even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"Australians have installed more than 4m solar systems and there is regularly cheap excess generation in the middle of the day. Part of the rationale for the program is that it could shift demand for electricity from peak times – particularly early in the evening – to when it is sunniest."
Twenty years of supporting leaders to turn their dreams into reality while improving individual resilience & wellbeing through programs like Nonprofit Resilience. Help continue the vision of a vibrant future & make a donation to support the NSR@20 Campaign today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Twenty years of supporting leaders to turn their dreams into reality while improving individual resilience & wellbeing through programs like Nonprofit Resilience. Help continue the vision of a vibrant future & make a donation to support the NSR@20 Campaign today: www.newsunrising.org/ways-to-give/
Join us on Dec. 5 as we celebrate the inspiring contributions of our Vibrancy Awardees and two decades of New Sun Rising’s community impact!
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Join us on Dec. 5 as we celebrate the inspiring contributions of our Vibrancy Awardees and two decades of New Sun Rising’s community impact!
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Remarks will be given by County Executive Sara Innamorato, and a silent auction will benefit the New Sun Rising Wellness Fund: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Community leaders know the value of their work, but communicating that value in ways that funders, policymakers, & partners can understand is often the biggest challenge.
Join the Ignite Sustainability Workshop on Nov. 18 to learn how to do just that. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-sus...
Join the Ignite Sustainability Workshop on Nov. 18 to learn how to do just that. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-sus...
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Community leaders know the value of their work, but communicating that value in ways that funders, policymakers, & partners can understand is often the biggest challenge.
Join the Ignite Sustainability Workshop on Nov. 18 to learn how to do just that. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-sus...
Join the Ignite Sustainability Workshop on Nov. 18 to learn how to do just that. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-sus...
Who is Exploring Identity: Teen Voices?
This group of diverse adolescent peers celebrates their own ethnic – racial identity by learning digital storytelling, connecting with each other in a cross-cultural exchange, & educating the community at large about social acceptance.
Learn more here:
This group of diverse adolescent peers celebrates their own ethnic – racial identity by learning digital storytelling, connecting with each other in a cross-cultural exchange, & educating the community at large about social acceptance.
Learn more here:
Sharing Your Story (Project Reflections)
YouTube video by Frazé-Frazénko
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October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Who is Exploring Identity: Teen Voices?
This group of diverse adolescent peers celebrates their own ethnic – racial identity by learning digital storytelling, connecting with each other in a cross-cultural exchange, & educating the community at large about social acceptance.
Learn more here:
This group of diverse adolescent peers celebrates their own ethnic – racial identity by learning digital storytelling, connecting with each other in a cross-cultural exchange, & educating the community at large about social acceptance.
Learn more here:
Sign the petition for the USDA to use its contingency fund of $5 billion to cover SNAP costs for November: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: Release SNAP reserves for November
More than 40 million people are going to go without nutrition assistance for November if the Trump administration’s Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins doesn’t release the $5 billion in reserves requ...
actionnetwork.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sign the petition for the USDA to use its contingency fund of $5 billion to cover SNAP costs for November: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Over the past four years, Artist Talk has created space for hundreds of Black creatives and community members to connect, heal, and grow together. On Nov. 22, they'll honor that journey with a celebration and look forward to all that’s ahead.
Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-tal...
Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-tal...
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Over the past four years, Artist Talk has created space for hundreds of Black creatives and community members to connect, heal, and grow together. On Nov. 22, they'll honor that journey with a celebration and look forward to all that’s ahead.
Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-tal...
Learn more here: www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-tal...