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

Kailani Bowers, City Year Alum and current Board member reflects on her time with City Year. Learn about her…
Read the story
I’ve been sitting with some powerful insights about our nonprofit community in San Antonio, and I wanted to share them…
Read the story
Back in 2022, the Team Care Force 16 blog team (Andy Wilson and Ali Tibble) along with staff member Chris…
Read the story
Recently, we had a chance to catch up with City Year New Hampshire alumna Hope Bowen (‘23 & ’24), who…
Read the story
Back in 2022, the TCF member Andy Wilson and staff member Chris Farzner interviewed Albertine Samson, who served with City…
Read the story
Back in 2022, Andy Wilson with the assistance of Molly Stuber interviewed Alissa Cook, who served with City Year Tulsa…
Read the story
Choosing to mentor and tutor students is no easy job, but it is an incredibly important one. Many educational systems…
Read the story
Our AmeriCorps members are incredible leaders within their school communities. Each day they make an impact on their students, partner…
Read the storyHayden Parsley, City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps class of ’24, is a recent graduate of City Year but is already…
Read the story
This month we sat down with City Year alum Cristian King (Seattle/King County 2014-15) to hear about his life post-graduation,…
Read the story
Service looks different for each AmeriCorps member, depending on where they serve and what part of the school year they…
Read the story
Every year, thousands of young people decide to join AmeriCorps programs for a year (or more!) of service, helping to…
Read the story