Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year Americorps members, students, partners and alumni.
Three immediate things we can do to help students and teachers
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Here are four ways we work to support City Year AmeriCorps member wellbeing and mental health during their service year…
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A year unlike any other means as a corps we were dealing with new obstacles daily. It is easy to…
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AmeriCorps member, Neha Sajjad shares more about her coming into City Year, with so much she didn’t know about herself,…
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Alum Claire Dempsey shares her experience of taking a gap year before college to do City Year.
Read the story AmeriCorps members are intentionally checking in with both students and adults to see how they are doing; for example, one…
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Our team has spent quite a lot of time in the Lavine Civic Forum of the City Year HQ this…
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City Year’s work is founded upon 10 core values. Belief in the Power of Young People, Empathy, Social Justice for…
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How AmeriCorps members support and engage students during the pandemic by listening and learning
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The CYSA Food Pantry needs to be replenished for our incoming AmeriCorps members. Consider donating any item(s) on CYSA’s Amazon…
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Read on to learn more about AmeriCorps member, Ceaira Mcneil, and how her experience with City Year inspired her to do…
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On Tuesday, March 23, members of the City Year Philly community gathered for our third virtual school visit with AmeriCorps…
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