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

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Changing Your Recipe To Find The Best One
May 22, 2020

In our latest Community Champion Speaker Series for City Year Miami, our AmeriCorps Members had the opportunity to engage with…

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Education
Keeping students connected to school with Red Nose Day
May 21, 2020

Students at a Chicago high school are learning from home during COVID-19 by leaning on the social and emotional skills…

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City Year AmeriCorps members create a welcome tunnel down both sides of the school's front steps
Benefits & Resources
Three key skills I learned from my year of service
May 18, 2020

A year of service embodies various roles and obstacles. Though this year has been anything but normal, it has given…

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Benefits & Resources
Cooking Up Your Own Special Spice For Success
May 15, 2020

Entering our third week from our Community Champion Speaker Series of City Year Miami, our AmeriCorps Members were reenergized to…

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Benefits & Resources
Finding The Best Side Dish To Complement Your Success
May 8, 2020

As our Community Leader Speaker Series continues this week, our AmeriCorps Members were able to hear from a long time…

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appreciate teachers during National Teacher Appreciation Week
Education
Thank You to Manchester Teachers

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Manchester teachers have adapted to remote learning and are continuing to advocate for their students-and we’re…

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Benefits & Resources
Cooking Up A Recipe For Success Through Service
May 1, 2020

City Year Miami’s AmeriCorps Members had the opportunity to get the secret sauce from a long time Community Champion, Pat…

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The Corps
Nuestra Herencia, a poem by AmeriCorps member Ángel Medina
April 27, 2020

“Nuestra Herencia” gives readers “a taste of the daily issues students deal with to advocate for a little more empathy…

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Education
With Patience and Support Comes Student Success
April 8, 2020

In January 2020, I was given the task of helping a student out in English, who could not grasp the…

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Education
A holistic approach to student success
April 6, 2020

Our Whole School, Whole Child approach provides academic and social-emotional supports to thousands of students attending more than 300 high-need…

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Education
Social-emotional learning with Asalia
April 1, 2020

Social-emotional learning is a way that City Year can support students in acquiring tools to better understand and navigate their…

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Our Impact
Business as Unusual? Yes, Please!
March 31, 2020

From the desk of Dr. Catherine Cushinberry: Many of us were thrown for a loop a few weeks ago when…

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