Our stories
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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If you’re considering getting a Masters of Social Work (M.S.W.) degree, you’ll be excited to learn that City Year has…
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Learn more about the City Year AmeriCorps stipend from our alumni
Read the story![New Board member Lily Maxwell receives her City Year red jacket at the corps Graduation ceremony](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Lily-Maxwell_KC_jacket-presentation-585x332.jpg)
City Year Kansas City announces the departure of founding Board Member, Brent Stewart, President & CEO of United Way, and…
Read the story![A school bus parked outside of school.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYcolumbiaBusShots-01-585x332.jpg)
We are encouraged by the results from the recent 2019 Building a Grad Nation report that shows the U.S. national…
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There are 75,081 students in Milwaukee who need and deserve our support in order to thrive. You could be part of a…
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New Orleans is known as a city of revelry and festivals and as a resilient and diverse community. You can…
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As the largest school district in the state, Little Rock School District enrolls more than 25,000 talented students.
Read the story![Students add their handprints to the sun at McDonough's literacy night](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_8098-585x332.png)
Planning McDonough’s literacy night was the most exhilarating, exhausting, stressful, and rewarding thing I have done at City Year (or…
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There’s lots to love about living in the nation’s Capital. You’ll have access to world-class museums, colleges and universities and…
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At a school in California, a student named Juan* takes a deep breath by the classroom door before returning to…
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In the 65 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in…
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Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, has it all–a thriving music scene, unique food culture, festivals and so much more!
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