Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
It’s measured by un-hunching shoulders and teeth coming unclenched. It’s seen as fists coming to rest, open palmed, by the…
Read the storyWe are over halfway through the year now and here at Bakersville we have had our fair share of ups…
Read the storyFirst Year AmeriCorps Member Mr. H takes us through a typical day of service at Sacramento Charter High School.
Read the storyWhat 3 first graders have to tell you about serving with City Year They may be little, but they have…
Read the storyReturning AmeriCorps Member Mrs. Basuil takes us through a typical day of service at PS7 Middle School in Sacramento.
Read the storyIt’s my second day on the job, and I’m standing in Home Depot with fellow Team Care Force (TCF) members…
Read the storyFor three hours, City Year marched the streets of downtown Jacksonville calling out, “We get to serve today and every…
Read the storyMartin Luther King Jr. Day of Service celebrates his legacy by mobilizing thousands of Americorps members and community volunteers in…
Read the storyRead about the Care Force trip alongside HMH in Orlando, FL
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 storyThere’s a popular phrase about how hindsight is 2020, but now, so is the present! (Cue all the 2020 vision…
Read the storyTypically, when individuals are asked about the best teacher they had, they think of an actual teacher they had when…
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