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Meet Angelina Benedetti-Flores! 👋🏼She recently graduated from @jamesmadisonuniversity with a degree in Communications and Advocacy. During her time in college, she found herself being called to put her skills and education on advocacy into practice. She wanted to lend a helping hand towards building a more equitable society. This is where she stumbled upon City Year while looking for her next steps! She is serving a diverse set of students from 9th to 11th grade at @Fenwayhs @CYB_Fenwayhigh.😄

“I serve because every student deserves access to an equitable education and welcoming atmosphere where they feel valued and supported.
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This service year has not been easy by any means but has exceeded my expectations. I had no idea how I would be able to foster community and relationships with students that I have never met or seen. Yet, I look forward to logging on to zoom each and every day because these students show up every day ready to learn and grow which fuels me to do the same.”🥰

With a few months left, Angelina has seen the impact her students, team, partner teacher, Fenway High School, and the City Year Boston Community has had on her own personal growth! Next year she will continue to serve with City Year on team @CYCareForce. We are so excited for you, Angelina and can’t wait to see what other skills you gain.♥️
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#Repost from @CityYear
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Yesterday, we saw something that we don’t often see in America: accountability when Black life is taken at the hands of police.
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As we, along with communities across the country, waited for this verdict to be announced, we have grappled with the deeply flawed system in which we live and operate: one where we hope for justice for a murder we all watched happen, but knowing that historically, a guilty verdict has rarely been delivered in similar cases.
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This feels like a much-needed step forward, but the work towards justice continues. We continue to stand with the family and friends of George Floyd, with the loved ones of Daunte Wright and countless others who have been killed at the hands of police before and since, and with the Black community.
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Above all, we stand with our students, who are both witnessing and participating in this moment. We wrap ourselves in hope and action together with them, with our partners, and with each other in community, until the fact that Black Lives Matter is demonstrated in laws, policies, policing, and in education. We must do this together, in pursuit of a more just and more hopeful future for our students and for all of us.
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Art by Thu Anh Nguyen @madebythuanh
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[Photo Description: A beautiful art piece by @madebythuanh with the words, “Black Lives Matter” written in light blue at the center of the frame. And beautiful pink, and purple flowers surrounding the text.]
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Happy Tuesday CYB Community! 😄Are you in need of some caffeine this morning to get your day started? 😴☕️ Our National Partners at @Starbucks got you covered! 🙌🏽 In gratitude for the work that our AmeriCorps members and staff do every day to make sure that students are served equitably, with their voices and experiences centered in their learning, Starbucks is sending every staff and corps member a gift card as a small token of their appreciation.♥️😊
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Thank you for the gift card, @Starbucks! Go grab your favorite latte today!☕️🌞
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[Photo description: A #Throwback Picture of the 2019 @baincapitalventures team serving at @cybgrewcrew. They are smiling holding up @starbucks gift cards!]
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On April 15th, 2013 the @CityofBoston was struck with a horrific tragedy - the Boston Marathon bombing. In the aftermath of the events, our city, bonded in our grief, grew stronger than ever. 💪🏽🏙Today we celebrate the resiliency and strength of Boston in response to the marathon bombing. To honor our community, we encourage all of you to participate in #OneBostonDay by completing (*safely) a random act of kindness today. If you need Ideas for acts of kindness, check out our story for inspiration! ⬆️⬆️⬆️
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We’re still in this together, and we’re still #BostonStrong.💪🏽💛💙
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“I may not have ended up where I intended to go, but I think I ended up where I needed to be.” 📍– Douglass Adam

This is the quote that our AmeriCorps member, Meghan Kennedy believes is true especially now. 😊Meghan graduated from Loyola University with degrees in Communications and Spanish. She then moved to Madrid to teach English in an elementary. 🇪🇸🇪🇸But when March came around, COVID-19 hit and she found herself in back at home in Western Mass. She felt a bit lost on what her next steps were - that is when she found City Year Boston. 😄 She is now is a part of the #MFSInvestmentManagement team proudly serving at Fenway High School!❣️

“At times when I struggle with the feeling of waiting for something to happen to bring me back to last year, before COVID-19, I think back to the quote by Douglass Adams, and this has been true throughout various points of my life, but especially now. ☺️Every day I get up and am able to work with a team of people dedicated to social justice! Every day I am able to spend hours with students learning about their lives and their histories and their cultures and their dreams and I get to be a part of it all.”✨

Meghan is still a bit unclear about what she wants to do after City Year, but she does know that her students inspire her to continue to serve and work in ways to help her students succeed and become confident not only in their educational live by personal lives as well. “Everyone deserves a safe and equitable educational experience… Whichever path I choose to go in from here I plan to continue this work for students.” 📚📝– Meghan Kennedy in the #MFSInvestmentManagment team, proudly serving at @fenwayhs @cyb_fenwayhigh
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