Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
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Returning AmeriCorps Member Mrs. Basuil takes us through a typical day of service at PS7 Middle School in Sacramento.
Read the story![Sen. Chris Coons receives the John S. McCain Service to Country Award](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CHI24859-585x332.png)
Voices for National Service is a coalition working to build bipartisan support for national service, develop policies that create more…
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City Year AmeriCorps members work side–by–side in collaboration with their partner teachers to fully support their students in the classroom. We are…
Read the story![Read Across America and City Year AmeriCorps](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/read_across_america_750_x_500_00239-585x332.jpg)
Literacy skills and a love of reading go hand in hand. Check out these tips to find books that reflect…
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It’s my second day on the job, and I’m standing in Home Depot with fellow Team Care Force (TCF) members…
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For three hours, City Year marched the streets of downtown Jacksonville calling out, “We get to serve today and every…
Read the story![City Year AmeriCorps members and community volunteers paint a large mural at San Antonio Elementary School for MLK Day of Service](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/City-Year-MLK-2020-178-scaled-e1582574915480.jpg)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service celebrates his legacy by mobilizing thousands of Americorps members and community volunteers in…
Read the story![HMH Bookshelf](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Chronicle_HMH_Orlando-585x332.jpg)
Read about the Care Force trip alongside HMH in Orlando, FL
Read the story![A partner teacher at one of our LA schools.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ms.-Tellez-585x332.png)
Today we are spotlighting Ms. Tellez who has been teaching for 34 years at 93rd St. Elementary School, keep reading…
Read the story![Alphabet signs displayed in the classroom.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYMemphis-InSchool-2016-elliothaney-69-of-87-585x332.jpg)
Typically, when individuals are asked about the best teacher they had, they think of an actual teacher they had when…
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Here are some tips and suggestions from a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member’s experience of searching for housing in their…
Read the story![A partner teacher at one of our schools.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MartinezCruz-e1581549075778-530x332.png)
City Year AmeriCorps members work side-by-side in collaboration with their partner teachers to fully support their students in the classroom. We are…
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