Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alumni.
Destiny Harden serves as an AmeriCorps member in a 4th grade ELA classroom on the Edleman Family Foundation team serving…
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Explore seven cities where we have a need for extraordinary young people to serve and mentor students.
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“I know what it felt like to get left behind,” says Colby, a Service Leader serving his second year with…
Read the storyCity Year Jacksonville Alum, Chelsea Sanders, is now a teacher at the same school she served in. Read how she…
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Working in schools can push you to a breaking point, but there will be progress.
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Alum, Emily Wasek, shares when she knew she was responsible for great change in her students’ lives.
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Ray Van Allen serves as an AmeriCorps member on the North Shore Elementary School team. I chose to serve…
Read the storyDear City Year Jacksonville Community, The safety and well-being of the City Year community—our AmeriCorps members, students, staff members, partners…
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Monday, January 20th, 2020 dawned at 7 o’clock in Jacksonville, Florida; City Year AmeriCorps members bundled up in scarves,…
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The District Learning Network gathers several times throughout the year, both in-person and virtually, discussing shared challenges and surfacing strategies,…
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At the beginning of the school year, Sha’niya was easily distracted by her classroom surroundings which put a damper on her performance.
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As a native of Jacksonville, Allishia Bauman is City Year Jacksonville’s Chief of Staff and is involved in a number…
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