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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Read about the Care Force trip alongside HMH in Orlando, FL
Read the story![A partner teacher at one of our LA schools.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ms.-Tellez-585x332.png)
Today we are spotlighting Ms. Tellez who has been teaching for 34 years at 93rd St. Elementary School, keep reading…
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Meet La’Daja Miller Everyone decides to do a year of service for a different reason. For me, I chose to…
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There’s a popular phrase about how hindsight is 2020, but now, so is the present! (Cue all the 2020 vision…
Read the story![Alphabet signs displayed in the classroom.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYMemphis-InSchool-2016-elliothaney-69-of-87-585x332.jpg)
Typically, when individuals are asked about the best teacher they had, they think of an actual teacher they had when…
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Introducing Emily Kean We are really thankful to have been able to have a chat with Emily Kean and talk…
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Here are some tips and suggestions from a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member’s experience of searching for housing in their…
Read the story![A partner teacher at one of our schools.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MartinezCruz-e1581549075778-530x332.png)
City Year AmeriCorps members work side-by-side in collaboration with their partner teachers to fully support their students in the classroom. We are…
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Akin Gump in Action Chronicle (East Harlem, NY) 2019 “Oh my goodness! I get to go to New York?!” I…
Read the story![A walkie talkie and a carpenter square sit on several piles of lumber.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Chronicle_ATT_Trenton_teaser-458x332.jpg)
AT&T #attimpact Day Chronicle (Trenton, NJ) 2019 Following our event in Miami, we had a few days in the office…
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All the way from the city of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Warren Basla served in City Year Philadelphia at Universal Daroff Charter…
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AT&T Impact Day Chronicle (Redmond, WA) 2019 When I accepted my position on Team Care Force (TCF), I knew that…
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