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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Caring relationships and student well-being are key to academic success
October 10, 2018
Sometimes referred to as non-cognitive skills, social and emotional aptitudes such as self-management, goal-setting and problem solving have, in the…
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Our Impact
Sending forth tiny ripples of hope
On Sept. 25th we celebrated Opening Day with Los Angeles Unified Board President Monica Garcia and Assembly member Miguel Santiago,…
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Our Impact
Why I still serve
September 12, 2018
We are fired up and back in schools! For many City Year AmeriCorps members, their first year of service is…
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The Corps
Overcoming fear: mentoring’s challenges and rewards [Voices from the Field]
July 6, 2017
“What is an irrational fear you have?” This was a question I asked Manuel*, a tenth-grade student I mentored during…
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