Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Now that I am serving with City Year, there are a few questions I am asked that require me to…
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When I remember my childhood, I see the reading nook in my first-grade classroom, my mom helping me to pick a book in…
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City Year AmeriCorps members have been serving Chicago for the last 25 years. Read on to learn what City Year…
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As communications professionals, we oversee many powerful levers that influence why someone would want to work with an organization (including donors, volunteers,…
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We’re excited that City Year will be presenting in Chicago this week at CASEL’s first Social and Emotional Learning conference,…
Read the storyI have always been a planner. I am not the type of person to “wing it” or go into situations…
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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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Impact manager Alysa Hemcher shares her City Year bucket list.
Read the storyOn Friday, September 13th, 2020, City Year Milwaukee celebrated our 10th Anniversary by welcoming the 2019-2020 City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps…
Read the storyOn Friday, September 13th, 2019 at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, 250 City Year AmeriCorps members pledged to make a difference in…
Read the storyPITW #158 It’s a Privilege for All of Us to Serve at City Year. These words have new conviction after…
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After a couple of months being in the office for the winter, we were finally given the news that we…
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