Located on the shores of Lake Erie, the city of Buffalo has the largest school district in the region, serving more than 30,000 students. Together with teachers and community partners, we are supporting student success and working to improve high school graduation rates.
While Buffalo is widely known for being a vibrant center for academia, business, tech and medicine, some students in Buffalo face significant challenges every day. The Buffalo School District serves more than 15,000 students across 125 schools. District-wide, more than 70% of students participate in a state assistance program.
I started my first year of service thinking I needed to help create footsteps that students in my hometown could follow, but coming into Founding Year as a Service Leader, I knew I had to create my own vision and help students find their own way.
Candace Neal City Year Buffalo, '19–'20
Your corps experience
City Year is a key partner to five Buffalo charter schools in creating equitable learning opportunities for all students and develop the city’s future leaders. AmeriCorps members support teachers and staff in delivering instruction that serves the development of the whole child and is responsive to the diverse racial, cultural and linguistic needs of Buffalo youth.
With more than 76% of students tutored by AmeriCorps members last year improving their test scores, AmeriCorps members are truly making an impact. A close-knit community with ample opportunities to develop meaningful personal and professional relationships, Buffalo is an ideal place to serve. By engaging students, families and community organizations, City Year helps the Buffalo community achieve.
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“Black Lives Matter must be something that we live, not just something we say.
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We are all swimming in the water of anti-Black biases, policies, practices and systems. There is so much to do, but the work starts within us and continues through us.”
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#blacklivesmatter #justiceforjacobblake #blm...
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Juneteenth or Freedom Day—marks the 155th anniversary of the reading of federal orders in Galveston, Texas that the Civil War had ended and all previously enslaved people were now free, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law and enslaved people had been freed in other states.
In commemoration of Juneteenth, we commit to listening, learning, sharing resources and elevating Black voices. Comment below with resources and accounts you like and recommend. [Image description: white text on a black background reads "Change isn't silent. Make noise. Black lives matter." Art by Holy Moly UK @holymolyuk, via amplifier.org]...
That’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who came out (virtually) to support our AmeriCorps Members as they graduated today! Thank you to our school partners, sponsors, champions and families for making this experience so special. And THANK YOU to our AmeriCorps Members who served fearlessly, and committed to an incredible year of service. Join us in congratulating City Year Buffalo’s Class of 2020! 🎉 #CYBUF...
