Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alumni.
Now that I am serving with City Year, there are a few questions I am asked that require me to…
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When I remember my childhood, I see the reading nook in my first-grade classroom, my mom helping me to pick a book in…
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City Year AmeriCorps members have been serving Chicago for the last 25 years. Read on to learn what City Year…
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Inside Rhode Island’s largest elementary school, four fifth-grade students gather around a small table scattered with worksheets and dice.
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We’re excited that City Year will be presenting in Chicago this week at CASEL’s first Social and Emotional Learning conference,…
Read the storyI have always been a planner. I am not the type of person to “wing it” or go into situations…
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Opening Day is always a special occasion for us at City Year as it marks the official launch to our year…
Read the storyOn Friday, September 13th, 2019 at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, 250 City Year AmeriCorps members pledged to make a difference in…
Read the storyPITW #158 It’s a Privilege for All of Us to Serve at City Year. These words have new conviction after…
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Early experience working in schools taught Heather Graham and Bethiel Girma Holton an important lesson that guides their work today…
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For me it was a personal decision to serve as a City Year AmeriCorps member in Orlando to support high…
Read the storyI’m originally from Andover, Massachusetts, just 25 minutes north of Boston. My passion for service started early. Growing up, I…
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