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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Learn more about the City Year AmeriCorps stipend from our alumni
Read the story![New Board member Lily Maxwell receives her City Year red jacket at the corps Graduation ceremony](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Lily-Maxwell_KC_jacket-presentation-585x332.jpg)
City Year Kansas City announces the departure of founding Board Member, Brent Stewart, President & CEO of United Way, and…
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There are 75,081 students in Milwaukee who need and deserve our support in order to thrive. You could be part of a…
Read the storyAnother year of service complete! On Thursday, June 6th, 270 City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps members were joined by family,…
Read the story![Akida Azad Headshot](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CItyYear_CareForceBlog_16Spotlight_YearUp_AkidaAzadHeadshot-585x332.jpg)
We were able to have a chat with Akida Azad and talk about her service with City Year. We talked…
Read the story![City Year DC tutoring and mentoring](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CYDC-tutoring-and-mentoring-585x332.jpg)
For nearly 20 years, City Year AmeriCorps members have had the opportunity to serve in this important and distinctive city.
Read the story![A city year americorps member standing on story above and looking down at a school courtyard full of students](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYLA-93rdStElem-05.18-EHaney-0069-585x332.jpg)
One of our guiding stories, “The Starfish Story,” is used to describe a student our AmeriCorps members know they made…
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New Orleans is known as a city of revelry and festivals and as a resilient and diverse community. You can…
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As a native of Jacksonville, Allishia Bauman is City Year Jacksonville’s Chief of Staff and is involved in a number…
Read the story![AmeriCorps member walking and laughing with a high school student](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYMKE-VincentHS-05.18-EHaney-0032-585x332.jpg)
As the largest school district in the state, Little Rock School District enrolls more than 25,000 talented students.
Read the story![Students add their handprints to the sun at McDonough's literacy night](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_8098-585x332.png)
Planning McDonough’s literacy night was the most exhilarating, exhausting, stressful, and rewarding thing I have done at City Year (or…
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There’s lots to love about living in the nation’s Capital. You’ll have access to world-class museums, colleges and universities and…
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