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

Student success coaches at City Year are committed to advancing developmental relationships through national service.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only national holiday that is also a national day of service. Across the…
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City Year Milwaukee alumni are leaders for life and continue to make an impact long after their year of service….
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Each Year, a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member is nominated by their peers for embodying the spirit of City…
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The Northeastern Civic Engagement Summit (NECES) is a conference for Civic Engagement (CE) teams across the country to come together…
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New research from the Everyone Graduates Center shows City Year’s approach is successful in advancing student social-emotional and academic outcomes.
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As a queer woman of color, my identities are something that I think about all the time; in every aspect…
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 was a different kind of day for the City Year Team serving at Barack Obama School of…
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Compass Academy says its focus on social and emotional learning has kept students engaged and attending online classrooms even during…
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Freshman year of high school is an important year for students that comes with many changes. Read about how AmeriCorps…
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As the school year comes to an end, check-out three important lessons AmeriCorps member, Robert Eison, wants his students to…
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As City Year AmeriCorps members, we teach our students every day, but what are our students teaching us? Read about…
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