Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
![](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Buffalo-City-Hall-585x332.jpeg)
You may not have heard a whole lot about Buffalo, New York, but it’s the second biggest city in the…
Read the storyA reflection from two of City Year Buffalo’s Student Success Coaches who attended the Black Men in Education Convening (BMEC)…
Read the story![Buffalo Collegiate Team](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BCCS-team-585x332.jpg)
Meet the 2022-2023 AmeriCorps Members who are serving with City Year at Buffalo Collegiate Charter School!
Read the story![](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CMSAT-team-2-585x332.png)
Meet the 2022-2023 AmeriCorps Members who are serving with City Year at Charter Middle School for Applied Technologies!
Read the story![](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PPA-Team-585x332.png)
Meet the 2022-2023 AmeriCorps Members who are serving with City Year at Persistence Preparatory Academy!
Read the story![](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BCCS-Team-585x332.jpg)
The School Where We Serve Buffalo Collegiate Charter School (BCCS) was founded in 2018, originally working with grades 4 and…
Read the story![CMSAT Team at Opening Day](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CMSAT-Team-585x332.jpg)
The School Where We Serve One of our two new Partner Schools in the 2021-2022 School Year is The Charter…
Read the story![City Year Staff and Champions Standing Outside of PPAs new building](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PPA-Sign-e1637114199854-585x332.jpg)
The School Where We Serve Returning for a second year with City Year Buffalo is Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School…
Read the story![The CHSAT Team at Opening Day](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CSHAT-Team-Photo-585x332.jpg)
The School Where We Serve One of our two new Partner Schools in the 2021-2022 School Year is The Charter High…
Read the story![](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ECS-Team-Photo-2-585x332.jpg)
The School Where We Serve City Year Buffalo’s first and longest-serving school partner, Enterprise Charter School (ECS), is returning for…
Read the story![City Year AmeriCorps member on busy city street](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/City-Year-AmeriCorps-member-on-city-street-585x332.jpg)
Explore seven cities where we have a need for extraordinary young people to serve and mentor students.
Read the story![City Year Buffalo AmeriCorps member Bethany Elliot stands at a desk next to a student](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/B.-Elliott-Blog-Picture-585x332.jpg)
Each day is long, but worth every second of my time My name is Beth Elliott and I’m an AmeriCorps…
Read the story