Our stories

Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.

Categories

Filter by

The Corps

Leadership After City Year: A spotlight on four AmeriCorps members’ career plans

June 21, 2021

AmeriCorps members Andrea Barajas (top left), Lauren Moore (top right), Jessica Szasz (bottom left), and Samirah Thompson (bottom right) discuss…

Read the story

Equity

CYP Hosts Third Year of BARWE215 – Building Anti-Racist White Educators Philadelphia

April 23, 2021

City Year’s work is founded upon 10 core values. Belief in the Power of Young People, Empathy, Social Justice for…

Read the story

Our Alumni

Alumni Spotlight: Amanda Gamble, Chief Service Officer of the City of Philadelphia

March 26, 2021

Left: Amanda Gamble during her time serving with City Year Philadelphia in 2011-2012. Right: Amanda with Mayor Jim Kenney and…

Read the story

Our Alumni

Alumni Spotlight — Amber Cox

November 18, 2020

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…

Read the story

Our Alumni

Leadership After City Year: CYP Alumnus Sam Rodriguez Creates “Walls for Justice” Centered on Black Lives Matter Movement

September 25, 2020

This year, our country has gone through many events that make it hard to remember there is light behind the…

Read the story

Our Alumni

Alumni spotlight—Chelsea Badeau

October 23, 2019

Chelsea Badeau is currently the Senior Director of Editorial Production at Comcast NBCUniversal. In this role, she manages editorial content on…

Read the story