Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Finding Identity Through Service When I applied to serve with City Year Kansas City, I was transitioning from being homeless…
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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“Nuestra Herencia” gives readers “a taste of the daily issues students deal with to advocate for a little more empathy…
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The District Learning Network gathers several times throughout the year, both in-person and virtually, discussing shared challenges and surfacing strategies,…
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Serving with City Year as an AmeriCorps member has countless benefits. In Kansas City, we’ve expanded on our national benefits…
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City Year Kansas City announces the departure of founding Board Member, Brent Stewart, President & CEO of United Way, and…
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Each morning, Airica, a seventh-grade student in Kansas City, steps onto the bus, ready to tackle her school day. She says her commute…
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