Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
![two students hug each other at their desks](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYLR-MS-04.18-EHaney-28-585x332.jpg)
As City Year centers equity in our research work, we’ve defined and adjusted new capacities: community-based action research, trend forecasting…
Read the story![AmeriCorps members participate in morning greeting to students.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/city-year-opening-day-86-of-228-585x332.jpg)
Caring adults, including AmeriCorps members, can help to create learning environments where young people thrive and feel welcomed and valued.
Read the story![An AmeriCorps member smiles at the camera with a student.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/In_School_Service_BTR_09.18_collinrichie_086-585x332.png)
The Everyone Graduates Center’s multi-year research project on City Year’s holistic support services shows how our approach increases trust in…
Read the story![students and City Year AmeriCorps members at Mabelvale Elementary School in Little Rock](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RGB_Student_LR_Mabelvale_Elem_CityYearLittleRock-585x332.jpg)
Together with a core group of leading organizations that includes City Year, the National Partnership for Student Success releases a…
Read the story![City Year AmeriCorps member with student](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CYBR-ES-11.19-0003-585x332.jpg)
As an organization committed to continuous learning, the ways in which we and our partners seek to make an impact…
Read the story![City Year student success coach and student](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WashDC_05.18_ElliotHaney_IS_2-0001-585x332.jpg)
Reimagine education: building trust in schools To educators, parents, youth advocates and changemakers, The pandemic experience has highlighted—perhaps more than…
Read the story![City Year AmeriCorps member tutors student](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CityYearLittleRock_IS_BlackPants_ElliotHaney-0028-585x332.jpg?ver=1685642485)
Math is a critically important subject but can be intimidating. City Year AmeriCorps members can create a welcoming, fun and…
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This blog is based on an AmeriCorps member training guide sponsored by Colgate, which in 2022 awarded City Year the…
Read the story![City Year provides social emotional support](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MBH-Service-Chicago-elliothaney-1059-585x332.jpg)
Evidence-based solutions including social emotional support helps students and schools recover from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the story![a young student holding up a page in a book to show a city year corps member while another student looks on.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYDC-GarfieldElem-05.18-EHaney-0004-585x332.jpg)
Literacy is the ability to read and write, but what does growing student literacy for elementary, middle or high school…
Read the story![City Year AmeriCorps student success coach with student](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WashDC_05.18_ElliotHaney_IS_2-0028-585x332.jpg)
National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) supplies schools with additional ‘people power’ to help reengage students.
Read the story![close up of student writing in a notebook](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CYLAshoot01.13_ADean-17-1440-color-585x332.jpg)
Storytelling helps students make meaning of the world around them. Find out ways to help them share their voice!
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