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

No one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…
Read the storyOur service model during the school closures supports teachers and students as they shift their instruction and learning to a virtual…
Read the storyMeet Lucie and Jesus. Lucie is a City Year AmeriCorps member serving here in Kansas City. She is a…
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City Year Jacksonville alum Emily Wasek shares when she knew that she was responsible for great change in her students’…
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Serving as an AmeriCorps member in a school that is new to City Year can be both challenging and empowering….
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We arrived in Phoenix in mid-October exhausted but well-trained after six weeks of back-to-back events. Our “event marathon” had taken…
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“Nuestra Herencia” gives readers “a taste of the daily issues students deal with to advocate for a little more empathy…
Read the storyCity Year Los Angeles Executive Director Mary Jane Stevenson shares an important update on the organization’s work with schools.
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How do you practice self-care? If you’re not sure, ask yourself these questions.
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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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“My students have impacted me, as much as I have impacted them because they help me to understand what students…
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Q3 Partnership Highlights Year in and year out the work that City Year can accomplish is made possible by a strong…
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