Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Thanks first must go to Historian Carter G. Woodson for creating Negro History Week in 1926 to celebrate the profound…
Read the storyWhen people told me City Year would be hard, they talked a lot about long hours and paperwork and getting enough “minutes”. Yes, all those…
Read the storyCity Year Kansas City launched in 2015 with broad-based support from the Kansas City community, from the school district, to…
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At City Year, we know that potential is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. Education equity is critical to our…
Read the storyWithout access to in-person schooling and the academic and social emotional supports that school provides, student engagement is more critical than…
Read the storyFinding 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…
Read the storyCity Year’s mission is fueled by a culture of idealism Our work is grounded in the unshakeable belief that we…
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“Nuestra Herencia” gives readers “a taste of the daily issues students deal with to advocate for a little more empathy…
Read the storyAs a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy of service to others, City Year considers Martin Luther King,…
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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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