Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
We’re excited to welcome Emmanuel Ojo to the City Year Bay Area team as our newest Impact Manager! Emmanuel brings…
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This month, City Year Bay Area is thrilled to welcome a familiar face into a new role. Bernadette Castillo, who…
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For many AmeriCorps members, a year of service means early mornings in classrooms. For Caitlyn Johnson, it meant paintbrushes, teamwork,…
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When I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with students was…
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Read more and check the City Year blog to learn the soft skills our corps members gain through a year…
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Student success coaching represents what we’ve learned from our decade-and-a-half of serving in schools and hope to do alongside students,…
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Have some burning questions before applying to serve with City Year? Find those answers here!
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Five helpful facts about serving as a City Year AmeriCorps member One of the most frequent questions that City Year…
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Fourteen years ago, Charly Sanchez sat in an elementary school classroom, feeling lost and unseen—until a City Year AmeriCorps member…
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We hear time and time again from corps members and alums that when they first joined City Year as an…
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As a new City Year AmeriCorps member, you’re about to embark on a transformative journey—and it all begins with Basic…
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In his graduation speech to City Year’s AmeriCorps volunteers, Luke Hostetter reflects on a year of service that impacted over…
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