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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In honor of National Coming Out Day, City Year is reasserting our desire to create welcoming spaces where we work…
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A recently issued report from the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) shows a dramatic increase in the number of…
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As City Year centers equity in our research work, we’ve defined and adjusted new capacities: community-based action research, trend forecasting…
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As an organization committed to continuous learning, the ways in which we and our partners seek to make an impact…
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We’re sharing our new research and learning agenda and our journey to embrace an equity-focused approach as we seek to…
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City Year is dedicated to adopting an asset-based approach to describe the students, schools and communities we serve.
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Get ready to put your digital #NosesOn to help Red Nose Day raise funds that support students, teachers and AmeriCorps…
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City Year is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization as part of our ongoing efforts to center diversity, belonging, inclusion…
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An equity-based approach to research matters because it ensures that the research will benefit everyone. At a moment when education…
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