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City Year CEO Michael Brown stepping down after 30 years [MassNonprofit News]

February 2, 2019

City Year, a Boston-based national education nonprofit that helps students and schools succeed, earlier this week announced that its co-founder…

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Pay it forward: a tech chairman steps down to ramp up his giving, with a focus on mentorship [Inside Philanthropy]

January 7, 2019

The former CEO of docusign has stepped down to focus on mentoring students

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Nonprofit City Year New York fuels the spirit of Giving Tuesday [TODAY]

November 27, 2018

The education nonprofit City Year New York, which provides classroom and schoolwide support to students in New York City, is…

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Celebrating 30 years of City Year [Chronicle 5 WCVB]

November 5, 2018

“We cleaned up playgrounds and parks, rehabilitated public spaces, whatever we can be of service in the community for.”

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City Year lands Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant for Milwaukee pilot program [Milwaukee Business Journal]

October 18, 2018

Education nonprofit City Year received a $520,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will support a new…

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3 steps to forge positive relationships with students [Education Week]

To build trust with students, we, as caring adults, have to be willing to open up and risk a bit…

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‘It is life-changing’: City Year mentors come from across U.S. to help Tulsa kids, teachers [Tulsa World]

City Year AmeriCorps members, ages 18-25, spend a year or two in national service. More than 3,200 City Year AmeriCorps…

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City Year Detroit AmeriCorps members make a difference in Detroit schools [Chalk Beat]

June 21, 2018

City Year AmeriCorps members go on to serve as teachers and in other professions that serve their communities.

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Michael Brown & City Year are transforming education for high-poverty communities [Medium]

April 26, 2018

Chairman of The Docusign IMPACT Foundation shares thoughts on addresses educational inequity and City Year’s mission.

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Founder and CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, Ravin Gandhi talks about City Year Chicago’s impact

March 22, 2018

City Year Chicago’s 230 corps members are sent into the most economically challenged Chicago public schools in teams of 8…

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A day in the life of another City Year AmeriCorps member [Rivard Report]

December 8, 2017

I leave my house at 5 a.m., take three VIA buses, walk four blocks later, and arrive by 7:30 a.m….

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City Year service in Tulsa schools help raise graduation rates [The Hechinger Report]

December 6, 2017

City Year school partnerships in Tulsa high schools combine relationship-building with data analysis to boost graduation rates.

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