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Next week, many City Year sites, including City Year Philadelphia, will welcome their new first year AmeriCorps to their pre-service…
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Five helpful facts about serving as a City Year AmeriCorps member One of the most frequent questions that City Year…
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Before the start of a new school year, City Year’s 29 U.S. sites welcome a new group of talented and…
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My time with City Year has simultaneously been the hardest and most rewarding year of my life. The long exhausting…
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We hear time and time again from corps members and alums that when they first joined City Year as an…
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As a new City Year AmeriCorps member, you’re about to embark on a transformative journey—and it all begins with Basic…
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