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 is an AmeriCorps program that helps students in systemically under-resourced schools reach their highest potential. There are many…
Read the storyAs City Year AmeriCorps members, we have to fill a variety of roles and play many parts for the students…
Read the storyMusic and mathematics are similar in many ways. Just to name a few, they both involve calculated responses, years of…
Read the storyMeet Deniko Montgomery, a proud City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member and learn more about him in his poem titeld, “I…
Read the storyGoing from a gap year with City Year to Peace Corps was a natural next step for this alum. Read…
Read the storyFirst Year AmeriCorps Member Mr. H takes us through a typical day of service at Sacramento Charter High School.
Read the storyWhat 3 first graders have to tell you about serving with City Year They may be little, but they have…
Read the storyReturning AmeriCorps Member Mrs. Basuil takes us through a typical day of service at PS7 Middle School in Sacramento.
Read the storyMartin Luther King Jr. Day of Service celebrates his legacy by mobilizing thousands of Americorps members and community volunteers in…
Read the storyMeet La’Daja Miller Everyone decides to do a year of service for a different reason. For me, I chose to…
Read the storyThere’s a popular phrase about how hindsight is 2020, but now, so is the present! (Cue all the 2020 vision…
Read the storyIntroducing Emily Kean We are really thankful to have been able to have a chat with Emily Kean and talk…
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