City Year Detroit
Detroit’s diversity, thriving arts and food scenes, and legendary music all make the city unique and vibrant, but Detroit’s greatest assets are its people and sense of community.
Serving in Detroit
While Detroit is widely known for being a vibrant center for academia, business, tech and medicine, some students in Detroit face significant challenges every day. As the largest school district in Michigan, the Detroit School District serves more than 15,000 students across 125 schools.
Your corps experience
City Year is a key partner to the Detroit School District 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 Detroit 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, Detroit is an ideal place to serve.
Serving in Detroit schools
- Serve in one of 10 elementary, middle and high schools throughout the Detroit area
- Work with a committed and diverse group of 6–15 City Year AmeriCorps members who share your passion for service and personal growth
Community involvement
Create a positive climate of high expectations and engagement that ripples throughout the greater Detroit community.
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Over the years, we years we have built robust relationships with the Detroit School District teachers, families and the community at large. We can’t wait to welcome you.
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This year, 90 City Year AmeriCorps members will support thousands of students in 10 Detroit schools.
Every year we hold events to celebrate our corps, students, and community at large.
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This is Ms. Ebony with three students Jayla, Dezzarae’, and Jayda trying on some City Year red jackets. It’s important for young people to have someone to look up to to see where they can go in life and our City Years take great pride in being role models for students. Maybe one day one of them will be putting on a red jacket to be a leader like Ms. Ebony! “If you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.
– Kamala Harris“
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A part of being a City Year is being assigned Coordinator positions on your school team. One of our Math Coordinators, Brittany Yost, put together this AMAZING activity for students called “Consumer Math”. Students were tasked with going through consumer catalogues to shop for a meal as is “you were having Ms. Brittany over for dinner”. They had to add up their costs and stay within a budget, demonstrating math in real life! Just one of many ways our City Years are helping students grow!
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WE ARE HIRING INSPIRING 18 to 25 YEAR-OLDS!! Life is a grind and before you get caught up in it, give a year of your life to something you KNOW will make a meaningful difference for those around you. Be a mentor and tutor with City Year and see how your unique skills and knowledge can change the life of a young person for the better.
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Happy MLK Jr. Day! A day of service for City Year AmeriCorps members across the country. This day is an important one to us as City Year’s mission as an organization is based on Dr. King’s writings, beliefs, mission to help build the “Beloved Community”. This year we volunteered with @themissioncontinues and @bgcsem building cubbies, painting cornhole platforms and doors, building bikes for kids and writing notes of encouragement for our young kiddos learning to read.
Every day as a City Year is a day dedicated to service, but this one is a little more special. We hope that each and every day all of YOU are able to build our beloved community, there is no way to small or large to do so!
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When you work in a school the days can be LONG and our AmeriCorps members know that well. Thankfully our amazing team partner @starbucks Has our back handing out coffee to the school staff, parents, and our team. The work is hard, but we’re all in it together!
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Thank you @detroitlionsnfl for bringing the holiday cheer early this season! Players, cheerleaders, and even Roary visited Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle with presents and hugs. So happy to have you all as a team partner to #makebetterhappen !
