Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Kainat Lungani serves as a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member and shares how she helped one of her students to…
Read the storyMeet La’Daja Miller Everyone decides to do a year of service for a different reason. For me, I chose to…
Read the storyTypically, when individuals are asked about the best teacher they had, they think of an actual teacher they had when…
Read the storyOn Monday, January 20th, more than 400 volunteers joined City Year Milwaukee for a day of service at Lancaster…
Read the storyLearn why City Year Milwaukee Team Leader, Shontrice, decided to do a year of service and how her students inspire…
Read the storyMeet Lakeisha Allen, City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member, and learn more about her through her poem, “I am… I was.”
Read the storyLearn more about one City Year AmeriCorps member’s journey through a gap year in national service, university, and finding their…
Read the storySome corps members want to give back to their community, some want to mentor and tutor students, some were inspired…
Read the storyMy name is Fernie Torres and I proudly serve as a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member on the Julia A….
Read the storyMy name is Alexis Jefferson, and I proudly serve as a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member on the Rockwell Automation…
Read the storyIt was the morning of Wednesday, August 14th when the City Year Milwaukee corps boarded three buses and rode to…
Read the storyAt City Year, student success coaches support students through instructional interventions in reading and math. An instructional intervention is a…
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