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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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The Corps
Indigenous People’s Day Initiative at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School
October 19, 2019

    This school year, the City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps team serving at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School saw a unique opportunity to address two…

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The Corps
Why I serve at Champion Middle School
October 18, 2019

Now that I am serving with City Year, there are a few questions I am asked that require me to…

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The Corps
My first month at City Year
September 29, 2019

I have always been a planner. I am not the type of person to “wing it” or go into situations…

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AmeriCorps members coming down a line up of students in a gymnasium giving the students high fives
The Corps
Celebrating 20 Years of City Year New Hampshire
September 25, 2019

Opening Day is always a special occasion for us at City Year as it marks the official launch to our year…

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City Year members pose at Girls at Work after a day of service
Our Impact
Empowered by Power Tools: City Year Serves with Girls at Work
September 19, 2019

Impact manager Alysa Hemcher shares her City Year bucket list.

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The Corps
City Year Boston opening day 2019
September 13, 2019

On Friday, September 13th, 2019 at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, 250 City Year AmeriCorps members pledged to make a difference in…

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Our Impact
AT&T Impact Day (Atlanta, GA) 2019
September 6, 2019

After a couple of months being in the office for the winter, we were finally given the news that we…

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City Year Orlando opening day header image
Our Impact
City Year Orlando opening day 2019 celebration
August 24, 2019

City Year Orlando’s opening day celebration brought together City Year Orlando team sponsors, board members, champions, as well as families…

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The Corps
Cue theme music, ‘We are the Champions.’ City Year Philly named ‘best of City Year’
August 15, 2019

Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love, home of the world champion Philadelphia Eagles (yes, we’re still claiming it) and the…

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Our Alumni
Alumni Profile: Andrea Encarnacao Martin
July 31, 2019

“My City Year experience helped confirm for me how powerful active listening can be in building an authentic bond with…

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Our Impact
City Year Memphis: Building to lead
July 22, 2019

In the early 2000’s, I started a consulting business in Los Angeles. When I was establishing my business, I was…

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americorps members place their hands in a spirit break
Our Alumni
From Hawai’i to Tulsa to teaching, a City Year AmeriCorps member reflects on two years of service
July 15, 2019

In the spring of 2017, Jessica Butay, a Hawai’i native who was about to graduate from college in Colorado, had…

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National Strategic Partners
National Partners