Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
![Dr Vitti speaking at City Year event](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Dr-Vitti-AR-585x332.jpg)
Nikolai Vitti has an ambitious vision for student success in Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Read the story![close up of student writing a math assignment](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CityYearDetroit-Dec2013-elliothaney-14-of-18-585x332.jpg)
City Year CEO and Co-Founder Michael Brown spoke with David L. Cohen, senior executive vice president and chief diversity officer…
Read the story![A group of AmeriCorps members walk along the city sidewalk.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYChi-CityPortaits-10.18-ehaney-175_e-1-585x332.jpg)
Over the last 30 years, City Year alumni, now more than 32,000 strong, have been instrumental in helping to drive…
Read the story![A school bus parked outside of school.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYcolumbiaBusShots-01-585x332.jpg)
We are encouraged by the results from the recent 2019 Building a Grad Nation report that shows the U.S. national…
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![City Year AmeriCorps Team Leader](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/City-Year-Team-Leader-Professional-Skills-.jpg)
Just as our AmeriCorps members give their all to support our students, our organization and staff strive to give our…
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…
Read the story![City Year Sacramento member and student](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CYSac-OakRidge-RND-elliothaney-0013_use1-585x332.jpg)
At a school in California, a student named Juan* takes a deep breath by the classroom door before returning to…
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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![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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