Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Why I serve with City Year and what my day looks like When my alarm goes off at 5:45 each…
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City Year Bay Area had the honor of participating in the 49ers Foundation’s Annual Kickoff: Players for a Purpose event…
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We’re excited to welcome Emmanuel Ojo to the City Year Bay Area team as our newest Impact Manager! Emmanuel brings…
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This month, City Year Bay Area is thrilled to welcome a familiar face into a new role. Bernadette Castillo, who…
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For many AmeriCorps members, a year of service means early mornings in classrooms. For Caitlyn Johnson, it meant paintbrushes, teamwork,…
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When I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with students was…
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Student success coaching represents what we’ve learned from our decade-and-a-half of serving in schools and hope to do alongside students,…
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Five helpful facts about serving as a City Year AmeriCorps member One of the most frequent questions that City Year…
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Fourteen years ago, Charly Sanchez sat in an elementary school classroom, feeling lost and unseen—until a City Year AmeriCorps member…
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We hear time and time again from corps members and alums that when they first joined City Year as an…
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In his graduation speech to City Year’s AmeriCorps volunteers, Luke Hostetter reflects on a year of service that impacted over…
Read the storyWolf Reese didn’t expect City Year to change the course of his life—but it did. From navigating culture shock at…
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