Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
At my City Year partner school, AmeriCorps members provide at-risk students with routine and personalized interventions throughout the year. Interventions…
Read the story
In commemoration of Black History Month 2019, City Year Philadelphia has recognized and paid homage to African-American pioneers in education….
Read the story
This year, City Year Milwaukee was chosen to be a part of the Network for School Improvement pilot program.
Read the story
The act of service is truly a radical act of love and underscores the value of human existence. I have…
Read the storyWhile in college, I studied criminal justice with a specific focus on the school to prison pipeline and juvenile delinquency….
Read the storyThis school year, the City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps team serving at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School saw a unique opportunity to address two…
Read the story
“My City Year experience helped confirm for me how powerful active listening can be in building an authentic bond with…
Read the story
Longtime supporters of City Year and AmeriCorps gathered on Capitol Hill this spring in support of national service programs that…
Read the story
In the spring of 2017, Jessica Butay, a Hawai’i native who was about to graduate from college in Colorado, had…
Read the story
Thirty years ago, when I was 17 years old, I was part of an idealistic experiment, a summer pilot program…
Read the story
Over the last 30 years, City Year alumni, now more than 32,000 strong, have been instrumental in helping to drive…
Read the story
Just as our AmeriCorps members give their all to support our students, our organization and staff strive to give our…
Read the story
