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

The Everyone Graduates Center’s multi-year research project on City Year’s holistic support services shows how our approach increases trust in…
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AmeriCorps members at Southwark School kicked off the 2022-23 school year with a free book fair to instill a love…
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Together with a core group of leading organizations that includes City Year, the National Partnership for Student Success releases a…
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After graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, I was unsure of what I wanted to do. I ended…
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Cadence Pentheny, City Year New Hampshire ‘17, ‘18, awarded the 2022 Alumni Leadership Award for their dedication to social justice.
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As an organization committed to continuous learning, the ways in which we and our partners seek to make an impact…
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For many City Year Philadelphia (CYP) AmeriCorps members, the relationships formed through their year of service can have a lifechanging…
Read the storyThere are nearly 700,000 open computing jobs in the US, but only 80,000 computer science students graduated into the…
Read the storyMartin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service emphasizes the importance of a cause greater than self. This Martin Luther…
Read the storyWhat do Starbucks, City Year, and Martin Luther King, Jr. have in common? Our organizations share a mission and…
Read the storyCity Year Seattle/King County’s plan to support students’ pandemic rebound and how they will strengthen the AmeriCorps experience.
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Hires Include Former AmeriCorps Member and Local Educator LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Jan. 3, 2023) – City Year Little Rock…
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