Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year Americorps members, students, partners and alumni.
With just a few months to go before the start of the 2020-2021 school year, many things still remain uncertain….
Read the storyGive now to support AmeriCorps members’ service in virtual classrooms. Isabel Barros is the City Year Boston Alumni Board Chair…
Read the story4.8.20 Update Supporting Teachers, Students, and Our AmeriCorps members During COVID-19 As we enter the fourth week of Boston Public…
Read the storyOriginally Posted 3.30.20: City Year Boston’s work looks and feels much different today than it did a few weeks ago. However, our…
Read the storyKimmy Lee is a charismatic connector on the City Boston People Team – the department that supports human resources for our staff and…
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Every morning at 8:10 a.m., my teammates and I line up in two parallel lines outside the front of Condon…
Read the storyIn 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service and charged the…
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I remember how the other third-graders whispered and stared every time my reading tutor called me over to practice comprehension…
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It takes a lot to serve as a tutor, mentor, and role model to a classroom of students, not to…
Read the storyAlex Diorio is a very proud alumn of City Year (2014, 2015) and had the privilege to serve in two…
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Jesus Martinez grew up seeing City Year red jackets around Boston. He participated in City Year afterschool programs as a…
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As communications professionals, we oversee many powerful levers that influence why someone would want to work with an organization (including donors, volunteers,…
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