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

City Year is more than a gap year; City Year is a growth year. During my year of service, I grew in many…
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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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Team Leader, Mina Raj, shares more about her experience serving virtually and shares more insight on what a “day in…
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Julia’s favorite City Year value is, “belief in the power of young people.” During her year of service her own…
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As we all know, February is a month that has been designated to celebrate Black achievements across the United States…
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It is the beginning of the second semester for our students here at Rufus King International Middle School. Grades for…
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Meet Deniko Montgomery, a proud City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member and learn more about him in his poem titeld, “I…
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One of my first days in my reading class, a 6th grade student, Annalise* stood out to me as an intelligent, kindhearted leader. She…
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Meet La’Daja Miller Everyone decides to do a year of service for a different reason. For me, I chose to…
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Typically, when individuals are asked about the best teacher they had, they think of an actual teacher they had when…
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The biggest question I had when deciding to move to Milwaukee for City Year was, “How would I find a place…
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On Monday, January 20th, more than 400 volunteers joined City Year Milwaukee for a day of service at Lancaster…
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