Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Topics include: Wondering what your year of service will look like? Our current partner schools What’s special at City Year…
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This blog was updated in January 2024 to reflect the School District of Philadelphia’s changing literacy curriculum. AmeriCorps members at…
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After graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, I was unsure of what I wanted to do. I ended…
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Three years removed from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of depression and anxiety have increased among young adults…
Read the storyCity Year Detroit’s recent 18-Minute Networking event, sponsored by Deloitte, made forming professional connections a little easier.
Read the storyWe would like to invite you to join us in showing our appreciation for our City Year Detroit AmeriCorps members…
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Cadence Pentheny, City Year New Hampshire ‘17, ‘18, awarded the 2022 Alumni Leadership Award for their dedication to social justice.
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Happy New Year from City Year Greater Boston’s Team Tobin! We hope you’re having a happy and healthy 2023 thus…
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I spent most of my college career studying social justice. To bring about change, we must learn about past injustices…
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As an organization committed to continuous learning, the ways in which we and our partners seek to make an impact…
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For many City Year Philadelphia (CYP) AmeriCorps members, the relationships formed through their year of service can have a lifechanging…
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Impact Managers are an integral part of the City Year experience and offer Corps members support and build trusting relationships…
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