Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Meet City Year Boston alum and Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship winner Clark Shimeall who shares about his journey with City…
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While my intentions are to pursue a career in education, this networking event pushed me to reflect on the wide…
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Let’s be real. Living on a City Year stipend can be tough. Considering all the monthly fees for things such…
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Today City Year New Orleans celebrates Future Teachers of America Day! Every year, 20% of our AmeriCorps members become teachers…
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Amber Cox first learned about City Year when she was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business management at The College of New Jersey. It…
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City Year is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization as part of our ongoing efforts to center diversity, belonging, inclusion…
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City Year D.C. alum Lee Ann Rice shares why she chose to serve with City Year and how her service…
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This year, our country has gone through many events that make it hard to remember there is light behind the…
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Originally from Midlothian, Virginia, Alexis Smith attended the University of Virginia. She then served in Philadelphia at Feltonville School of…
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An equity-based approach to research matters because it ensures that the research will benefit everyone. At a moment when education…
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My name is Mack and I was the Team Leader at St. HOPE from 2018-2019. I now work at UC…
Read the storyCity Year Jacksonville alum Chelsea Sanders is now a teacher at the same school she served in. Read how she…
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