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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Kainat Lungani serves as a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member and shares how she helped one of her students to…
Read the storyIt’s measured by un-hunching shoulders and teeth coming unclenched. It’s seen as fists coming to rest, open palmed, by the…
Read the story![Students are guided to school by City Years on the walking bus](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DSC08711-NH-20-585x332.jpg)
We are over halfway through the year now and here at Bakersville we have had our fair share of ups…
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First Year AmeriCorps Member Mr. H takes us through a typical day of service at Sacramento Charter High School.
Read the story![A young student writes a note of appreciation on a clipboard. Drawing and note are a thank you for her City Year AmeriCorps member](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SI-Feb-2020-Body-1-585x332.jpg)
What 3 first graders have to tell you about serving with City Year They may be little, but they have…
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Returning AmeriCorps Member Mrs. Basuil takes us through a typical day of service at PS7 Middle School in Sacramento.
Read the story![Sen. Chris Coons receives the John S. McCain Service to Country Award](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CHI24859-585x332.png)
Voices for National Service is a coalition working to build bipartisan support for national service, develop policies that create more…
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City Year AmeriCorps members work side–by–side in collaboration with their partner teachers to fully support their students in the classroom. We are…
Read the story![Read Across America and City Year AmeriCorps](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/read_across_america_750_x_500_00239-585x332.jpg)
Literacy skills and a love of reading go hand in hand. Check out these tips to find books that reflect…
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It’s my second day on the job, and I’m standing in Home Depot with fellow Team Care Force (TCF) members…
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For three hours, City Year marched the streets of downtown Jacksonville calling out, “We get to serve today and every…
Read the story![City Year AmeriCorps members and community volunteers paint a large mural at San Antonio Elementary School for MLK Day of Service](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/City-Year-MLK-2020-178-scaled-e1582574915480.jpg)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service celebrates his legacy by mobilizing thousands of Americorps members and community volunteers in…
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