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Presenting Sponsor

Host University Sponsor

President Clinton and other leading public officials, social entrepreneurs and corporate executives will speak at cyzygy ’06, City Year’s annual convention of idealism, in New York City from June 13-17, 2006. Presented by Citigroup and Host University Columbia University, the convention will unite more than 1,500 City Year corps members, staff, and alumni from 16 U.S. communities and Johannesburg, South Africa with hundreds of corporate, civic, and community leaders to demonstrate the power of citizen service to meet the pressing needs of communities, train new leaders, and strengthen democracy.

Corps members paint murals during a cyzygy Day of Service.

Through five days of inspiring speakers, policy discussions, and interactive forums, cyzygy will celebrate the accomplishments of the 2005-2006 City Year corps. The convention will culminate with a powerful day of transformative community service in Harlem and the Bronx, where participants will serve side-by-side with City Year corps and staff. Confirmed service projects include painting murals at the Hunts Point Recreation Center; landscaping at the Bryant Ave Community Garden; running a kid’s carnival at the Harlem PAL; and landscaping, rebuilding basketball courts, and painting hallways, libraries, and stairwells at PS 48, PS 129, IS 172, and IS 195.

Other highlights of this year’s convention include a forum on urban education, an awards ceremony recognizing City Year corps for outstanding service, a national service policy forum, and the City Year Alumni Leadership Conference, which will bring alumni together during cyzygy ’06 to celebrate their commitment to a lifetime of service.

Confirmed speakers for the week include:

President Clinton greets City Year corps members at cyzygy '05.

• Jonathan Alter, Senior Editor and Columnist, Newsweek
• Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City of New York
• Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone
• Lisa Caputo, President and CEO, Women and Company and Senior Managing Director, Business Operations and Planning, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup Inc.
• Majora Carter, Founder and Executive Director, Sustainable South Bronx
• Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Senate
• William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
• Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Founder, The X Prize Foundation
• Dan Domenech, Senior Vice President, National Urban Markets, The McGraw Hill Companies
• David Eisner, CEO, Corporation for National & Community Service
• John Fritchey, State Representative - 11th District, Illinois General Assembly
• Paula Gavin, Chief Executive Officer, New York City Center for Charter School Excellence
• David Gergen, Editor-at-Large, U.S. News and World Report and Director of the Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government
• Debra-Ellen Glickstein (Boston ’97), Executive Director, East River Development Alliance
• John Gomperts, CEO, Experience Corps
• Rebeca Nieves Huffman (Chicago ’98), President, Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
• Chancellor Joel I. Klein, New York City Department of Education
• Wendy Kopp, President and Founder, Teach for America
• Paul Lipson, Chief of Staff for Congressman Jose Serrano
• Nick Lowery, Host, Headgames Radio and former NFL Kicker
• Bill McDermott, President and CEO, SAP Americas
• Mark Payne (Chicago ’96), Government Affairs Officer, Chicago Transit Authority
• Jeffrey Swartz, CEO and President, The Timberland Company
• Silda Wall, Founder and Chair of the Board, Children for Children
• Al West, Chairman and CEO, SEI Investments
• Jim Wolfensohn, Chairman of the International Advisory Board, Citigroup Inc.
• Sheena Wright, CEO & President, Abyssinian Development Corporation

A complete schedule of the convention and details on speakers and events can be found at http://www.cityyear.org/cyzygy.

Two significant partnerships – with Citigroup and Columbia University – are making this week of events possible.

City Year corps and staff gather for Unity Rally in Little Rock, AR.

"Citigroup is honored to be the Presenting Sponsor for City Year's annual convention, uniting more than 1,100 corps members from throughout the country and South Africa for a week of celebration, inspiration, and continued learning. We are proud to work alongside City Year's corps members who are providing vital resources and services to meet the needs of local communities across the globe."
- Stephanie Mudick, Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel, Citigroup Global Consumer Group

Columbia University is a leading institute of higher learning located in the heart of New York City. The school’s urban campus provides an ideal location for five days of educational and interactive forums, inspirational speakers and high impact community service. As the Host University for cyzygy ‘06, Columbia has made it possible for the convention to take place by providing significant in-kind contributions for housing, food, and event venues.

“As members of a quintessential urban university community, all of us at Columbia are delighted to welcome City Year corps members from across the nation to our campus for this year’s cyzygy convention. Some of our students are City Year alumni, as surely many more will be in the future. That makes perfect sense because Columbia and City Year are built on the belief that a true education for active citizenship means learning how to live and work together in a diverse community of classmates and colleagues, being challenged by the ideas of others and by service to something larger than ourselves. City Year’s celebration of service will be right at home in New York City, and we are excited to have you join us in Morningside Heights.”
- Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University

David Gergen addresses the City Year community at cyzygy.

Other convention sponsors include Comcast, CSX, CVS, Deloitte, the McCormick Tribune Foundation, The McGraw-Hill Companies, NBA, T-Mobile, and the UN Foundation. In addition, this event is made possible by AmeriCorps and our National Leadership Sponsors Bank of America, Comcast, CSX, The Timberland Company, and T-Mobile.

Andi Bernstein, Vice President of Special Projects, Oxygen Media and Jonathan Lavine, Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC, are co-chairs of the cyzygy ’06 Host Committee.

“As a Columbia alumnus and longtime supporter of City Year, I am excited that City Year has partnered with Columbia for cyzygy ’06. City Year and Columbia share the same important values of diversity, service, and community – hosting cyzygy at Columbia is a wonderful opportunity, as it will provide a powerful forum for national service at a world-class institution.”
- Jonathan Lavine, Managing Director of Bain Capital, Co-Chair, cyzygy ‘06 Host Committee and Trustee, City Year, Inc.

The members of the host committee include the City Year New York Board:

Kevin Aspell Manager of Service Account Management Cisco Systems	Bibb Hubbard Director, Government and Legislative Affairs Scholastic Inc.
Tom Bernstein President Chelsea Piers	Jill Iscol, Ed.D Executive Director & President IF Hummingbird Foundation
Richard Buery Founder and President Groundwork, Inc.	Jack Lew Executive Vice President & Clinical Professor of Public Administration New York University
David Caplan Dean City Year New York	Robert G. Markey, Jr. Director & Partner Bain & Company
Eric Gertler Chief Executive Officer BlackBook Media Co.	Stephanie Mudick Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel Citigroup
The Honorable Eric Gioia Council Member New York City Council	Wallace P. Parker Jr. President KeySpan Energy Delivery Group
Anne Herrmann Board Member Breakthrough Collaborative & Mt. Sinai Hospital	Carl Weisbrod President Alliance for Downtown New York

City Year’s annual convention was first held in Columbus in 1995 and since then has taken place in ten different cities across the country. The unusual name of the convention comes from the Greek word syzygy [siz-i-gee], which refers to the rare alignment of celestial bodies.

“As the culmination of a year of service – totaling more than a million hours of service by the City Year corps this year – cyzygy brings together an extraordinary community of citizens to celebrate of the power of national service and idealism in action. We are so grateful to Citigroup and Columbia University for their leadership sponsorship of this event.”
- Michael Brown, President, City Year, Inc.

City Year champions from across the network are invited to participate in cyzygy. For more information on the convention, including a full list of scheduled events and information on how to register, visit www.cityyear.org/cyzygy.