Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
City Year Orlando AmeriCorps members have shifted to a virtual training and service model to provide social, emotional and academic…
Read the storyEach City Year AmeriCorps member leaves their service year with significant memories of their time spent with students. Sometimes, they…
Read the storyWhen I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with students was…
Read the storyFor Michael Harding, life since graduating from City Year Philadelphia in June of 2019 has been a continued pursuit of…
Read the storyNo one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…
Read the storyMeet Lucie and Jesus. Lucie is a City Year AmeriCorps member serving here in Kansas City. She is a…
Read the storyCity Year Jacksonville alum Emily Wasek shares when she knew that she was responsible for great change in her students’…
Read the storyWe arrived in Phoenix in mid-October exhausted but well-trained after six weeks of back-to-back events. Our “event marathon” had taken…
Read the storyCity Year’s mission is fueled by a culture of idealism Our work is grounded in the unshakeable belief that we…
Read the storyCity Year Los Angeles Executive Director Mary Jane Stevenson shares an important update on the organization’s work with schools.
Read the storyIn 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
Read the storyWith so many online resources how do you find the best ones for your students? City Year created, vetted, and…
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