Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alumni.

Learn how FIRST LEGO League and CIty Year are helping to extend educational equity through engineering in this afterschool program.
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We welcomed City Year Orlando sponsors and champions to celebrate another year of service at our annual fundraising event, Ripples…
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Because you’ll be living on a stipend, it might be a good idea to hold off on that ottoman from…
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As a senior Impact Manager at City Year Columbus, Zandra manages two teams at Champion Middle School and Trevitt Elementary…
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My time with City Year Jacksonville has been a life-changing experience filled with new ideas and sparks of new personalities…
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Being thoughtful, planning and preparing, focusing on results, making data-driven decisions and the so-called ‘soft skills’ Google says make the…
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A battle of mathematical wits is playing out in a cramped but colorful classroom. Ruben*, an outgoing fourth-grader with dark…
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Providence is a fantastic place to live and work.
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It was a windy March day when City Year AmeriCorps members gathered in New Castle to prepare for our 19th…
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“The youth of Buffalo are unstoppable, as are City Year AmeriCorps members.”
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Where I am today began with an idea of a year of service from an unlikely place.
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It’s March which means St. Patrick’s Day, Daylight Savings Time, free water ice from Rita’s, and our favorite of them…
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