Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
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Integrated academic and social-emotional supports for students are desperately needed in our schools both during and after the pandemic, especially…
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Meet Marc! He’s a former CYNY student turned CYNY AmeriCorps member. Marc is a Bronx native who went to…
Read the storyTen-minute read DBIE: Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity. What does it mean, really? What does it mean at City Year…
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From August 3rd-7th, City Year partnered with Hulu to offer a career and professional development experience like no other! This…
Read the storyThe Community School model positions schools as resource hubs for neighborhoods.
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It’s a wintry, late afternoon in the Bronx, and teachers and students stream outside into the cold air at the…
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We know that all students can succeed, but resources and opportunity are not always distributed equally. City Year New York…
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