City Year
San José/
Silicon Valley
San José is home to an ethnically diverse community, booming technology companies and aspiring entrepreneurs. City Year San José/Silicon Valley works alongside teachers and community partners to support students across our city.
Mentors for Life Campaign
City Year San José/Silicon Valley is tackling educational inequity in Silicon Valley through the belief in the power of mentorship. We deploy highly skilled and passionate young adults as AmeriCorps Members to serve as near-peer mentors and Student Success Coaches for students in East San José. AmeriCorps members provide academic and social emotional support so that students in every neighborhood can fully engage in their learning and succeed.
We celebrate City Year’s commitment to “Building Mentors for Life.” Not only do City Year AmeriCorps members work as near-peer mentors for students in the schoolhouse, but our community has stepped up to provide career and skills mentoring for the young professionals who have chosen to serve students. With 55 diverse career professionals mentoring AmeriCorps members in City Year’s Mentorship Program, our community is sharing in our commitment to “Building Mentors for Life.” Join in our commitment to mentorship as a vessel for change!
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We're sharing our commitment to mentorship as a vessel for change! Your investment in City Year makes a difference and helps students and AmeriCorps members flourish and reach their full potential.
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Thank you to Pager Duty for sponsoring City Year’s campaign for “Building Mentors for Life!” Pager Duty has shown their commitment to mentorship not only through financial support of City Year’s programming, but by engaging 12 diverse professionals from Pager Duty in City Year’s mentorship program. They are leading the way in conversations with their mentees on career development guidance, networking and interviewing best practices, and how to search for jobs that match their career goals. City Year mentees have varying career interests including pursuing post-graduate education, becoming teachers, working in publishing, graphic design, and tech roles, and non-profit or corporate event planning to name a few. Pager Duty not only supports City Year mentees network in these fields, but they listen and learn in order to support AmeriCorps members with developing transferrable skills for any career path. Thank you Pager Duty!
Connect with us!
Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting individuals within our City Year mentorship program who find mentorship important to them through Mentorship Mondays!
Today we have Veronica Concepcion sharing about her experience! When asked about what she has learned from the mentorship program, she responded "I learned that there are other grad school out there that are in partnership with AmeriCorps." City Year offers a network of higher education institutions providing benefits to members of City Year through Alumni University Partners.
Learn more by checking out https://www.cityyear.org/san-jose/support/
Thank you to @pagerduty for supporting City Year as our "Mentors for Life" campaign sponsor!
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January is National Mentoring Month and we're excited to celebrate this! Over the next few months we'll be highlighting the importance mentorship can play in an individual's life! We at City Year believe in the power of mentorship as a vessel for change and hope you join us in this commitment!
Learn more by checking out https://www.cityyear.org/san-jose/support/ or clicking the link in our bio!
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What are our AmeriCorps members focusing on in the classroom in the start of 2022? What are some challenges that are presenting themselves right now?
Join our first virtual open house for the 2022 calendar year and learn about what City Year is, our service model and what our afterschool program looks like. Register bit.ly/cysjvirtualvisit
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We are very excited to welcome our new Executive Director, Kevin Bradshaw to our City Year San José/Silicon Valley community! Here's Kevin on his first day ready to collaborate and serve. We look forward to his leadership!
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Thank you to the amazing Sara Williams for being our special vocal performance for today's Beloved Community Summit! Thank you for the performance that closed out our summit by inspiring everyone to take today's conversations forward!
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What a wonderful day it was! So much inspiration was shared in the virtual sessions from both the speakers and the audience members! Thank you for joining us today.
Share with us, by commenting below, how will you take what you learned today and apply it to your personal and professional life.
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