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

As communications professionals, we oversee many powerful levers that influence why someone would want to work with an organization (including donors, volunteers,…
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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,…
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Impact manager Alysa Hemcher shares her City Year bucket list.
Read the storyOn Friday, September 13th, 2020, City Year Milwaukee celebrated our 10th Anniversary by welcoming the 2019-2020 City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps…
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After a couple of months being in the office for the winter, we were finally given the news that we…
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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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City Year Orlando’s opening day celebration brought together City Year Orlando team sponsors, board members, champions, as well as families…
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Over his six-year teaching career, Kevin has distinguished himself as an outstanding educator, winning numerous awards. Kevin credits his time…
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For a lot of students, school is just a place where you’re getting yelled at, suspended or kicked out of…
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Surveys show that both Democrats and Republicans support the expansion of national service, and to date, more than 1 million…
Read the storyIn the early 2000’s, I started a consulting business in Los Angeles. When I was establishing my business, I was…
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Longtime supporters of City Year and AmeriCorps gathered on Capitol Hill this spring in support of national service programs that…
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