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 Philly staff and AmeriCorps members Egypt Worthy (top left), Grant Draughn (top right), Kylie Brazil (bottom left), and…
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Brianna Moran, Senior AmeriCorps Member, shares a drawing depicting a mentoring relationship with one of her students at Southwark School. …
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Spirits were high at City Year Philadelphia’s sixth annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon, held virtually on Tuesday, October 13. The luncheon united women to support the…
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City Year Philadelphia was pleased to sit down with Nellie Vinograd, a Senior AmeriCorps member who came to Philadelphia to…
Read the storyQ4 Partnership Highlight The end of our 2020 service year presented us with unimaginable challenges, from a global pandemic to historic civil…
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At City Year Philadelphia, we are always amazed at the passion our corps members have for the schools…
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In this final installment of our series “Leading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly’s Executive Director, Darryl Bundrige,”…
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In Part I of our series “Leading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly’s Executive Director, Darryl Bundrige,” the…
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For Michael Harding, life since graduating from City Year Philadelphia in June of 2019 has been a continued pursuit of…
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No one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…
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In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
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Q3 Partnership Highlights Year in and year out the work that City Year can accomplish is made possible by a strong…
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