Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
City Year Kansas City’s Shelby Voigt shares a personal reflection in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month.
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These are challenging times for all that are working in schools. Re-engaging students after a year of virtual learning…
Read the storyExperience with kids is a plus, but it’s not the only way to stand out. Tutoring and mentoring kids is…
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Thanks first must go to Historian Carter G. Woodson for creating Negro History Week in 1926 to celebrate the profound…
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At City Year, we know that potential is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. Education equity is critical to our…
Read the storyWithout access to in-person schooling and the academic and social emotional supports that school provides, student engagement is more critical than…
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“Nuestra Herencia” gives readers “a taste of the daily issues students deal with to advocate for a little more empathy…
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The District Learning Network gathers several times throughout the year, both in-person and virtually, discussing shared challenges and surfacing strategies,…
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Serving with City Year as an AmeriCorps member has countless benefits. In Kansas City, we’ve expanded on our national benefits…
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City Year Kansas City announces the departure of founding Board Member, Brent Stewart, President & CEO of United Way, and…
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