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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Black History Month Programming at City Year Milwaukee This February, we are honoring Black history, resilience, and achievement both…
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“The men and women who rode the freedom buses through Alabama, who walked in Montgomery, who knelt in prayer in…
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Spirit of City Year award winner, Ruth Durrell, shares powerful remarks during City Year Milwaukee’s virtual graduation ceremony. Read on.
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City Year Milwaukee encourages and teaches perseverance, which will bring you many more skills if you lean into the opportunities.
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AmeriCorps member, Neha Sajjad shares more about her coming into City Year, with so much she didn’t know about herself,…
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Read on to learn more about AmeriCorps member, Ceaira Mcneil, and how her experience with City Year inspired her to do…
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The Rockwell Automation Team at Rogers Street Academy has been hard at work supporting students in the virtual classroom and have…
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Check out some of joys and highlights from our Julia A. Uihlein Team serving at Alexander Mitchell Integrated Arts School,…
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City Year Milwaukee’s third virtual Equity Summit, Equity in Education, gave AmeriCorps members and staff opportunities to connect the history of education…
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City Year Milwaukee is proud to welcome back four City Year alums to our staff: Sierra Anderson, Paola Gonzales, Mina…
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City Year Milwaukee, an education-focused nonprofit that unites young people for a year of service in Milwaukee Public Schools, announces…
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City Year Milwaukee alums are leaders for life and continue to make an impact long after their year of service….
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