Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year Americorps members, students, partners and alumni.

For Michael Harding, life since graduating from City Year Philadelphia in June of 2019 has been a continued pursuit of…
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No one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…
Read the storyMeet Lucie and Jesus. Lucie is a City Year AmeriCorps Member serving here in Kansas City. She is a…
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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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We arrived in Phoenix in mid-October exhausted but well-trained after six weeks of back-to-back events. Our “event marathon” had taken…
Read the storyCity Year’s mission is fueled by a culture of idealism Our work is grounded in the unshakeable belief that we…
Read the storyDear City Year Champion, For the past four weeks I, along with millions of parents across Los Angeles, have been operating…
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In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
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With so many online resources how do you find the best ones for your students? City Year created, vetted, and…
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Q3 Partnership Highlights Year in and year out the work that City Year can accomplish is made possible by a strong…
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ALL ABOARD THE SANTA TRAIN! Team Care Force (TCF) traveled to Jacksonville, FL this past November to assist our…
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For City Year “Mid-Year” AmeriCorps members, the City Year experience can be tough. Joining in the middle of the service…
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