Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alumni.
Our City Year AmeriCorps members serve in schools to promote educational equity as student success coaches. Learn more about service…
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Employees at Willis Towers Watson held a school supplies drive to benefit Sullivan and Harding students, resulting in donations of…
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City Year Philly staff and AmeriCorps members Egypt Worthy (top left), Grant Draughn (top right), Kylie Brazil (bottom left), and…
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Amber Cox first learned about City Year when she was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business management at The College of New Jersey. It…
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City Year Philadelphia was pleased to sit down with Nellie Vinograd, a Senior AmeriCorps member who came to Philadelphia to…
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This year, our country has gone through many events that make it hard to remember there is light behind the…
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At City Year Philadelphia, we are always amazed at the passion our corps members have for the schools…
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In Part I of our series “Leading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly’s Executive Director, Darryl Bundrige,” the…
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In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
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As the health pandemic that is COVID-19 has come in and disrupted the first half 2020 for the entire…
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With the holiday season around the corner and 2019 ending, it‘s the perfect time for reflecting and looking ahead. For City…
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Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t…
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