Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
“The men and women who rode the freedom buses through Alabama, who walked in Montgomery, who knelt in prayer in…
Read the storyService to a cause greater than oneself is a core value for City Year and it’s why at City…
Read the storySmall group intervention with City Year Detroit AmeriCorps members, who serve as student success coaches, is a vital…
Read the storyHead of Operations Strategic Planning, Risk & Analytics for Agmen, Nkem Ogbechie, virtually joined City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps member…
Read the storyConnecting with the Corps – An AMC MLK Experience Did you know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day is…
Read the storyMartin Luther King Jr. once said, “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college…
Read the storyAs we step into 2024, it is a timely moment to revisit the importance of tolerance in our communities. This…
Read the storyIn the spring of 2019, I was a soon to be graduate of Ohio State University with too much ambition…
Read the storyA few staff members and City Year Little Rock corps leaders attended the 30th Anniversary AmeriCorps Summit held in Little…
Read the storyA reflection from two of City Year Buffalo’s Student Success Coaches who attended the Black Men in Education Convening (BMEC)…
Read the storyMeet City Year New Orleans alum Jessica Ramirez! Jessica served as an AmeriCorps member at the Baptist Community Ministries team…
Read the storyThere is no going back to who you were after experiencing the impact of a service year with City Year….
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