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

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CYSA Service and Impact During COVID-19
June 30, 2020

The past three months, while challenging and unprecedented for everyone, provided the City Year San Antonio community opportunity to rise and serve students…

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Our work toward being an Anti-Racist Organization
June 25, 2020

I feel it must be said again, we are making a commitment – City Year aspires to be an anti-racist…

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Our Alumni
Creating a more just nation – it starts here
June 23, 2020

  Dear City Year Alumni and Community, We are devastated by the news that on June 18, Los Angeles Sheriff’s…

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Leading Through Tough Times Part III
June 18, 2020

In this final installment of our series “Leading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly’s Executive Director, Darryl Bundrige,”…

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Statement by Our Executive Director on Recent Racial Injustices
June 17, 2020

We at City Year Providence believe that Black Lives Matter. Period. We share the sentiment of our national organization in condemning the inhumane murders of…

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service: A Day On
June 9, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only national holiday that is also a national day of service. Across the…

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Be the change you want to see and build powerful relationships
June 8, 2020

Each year, a City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member is nominated by their peers for embodying the spirit of City Year;…

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Education
National study finds significant relationship between social-emotional learning and academic outcomes
May 28, 2020

New research from the Everyone Graduates Center shows City Year’s approach is successful in advancing student social-emotional and academic outcomes.

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The City Year Obama Team goes virtual
May 27, 2020

Thursday, March 12, 2020, was a different kind of day for the City Year team serving at Barack Obama School of…

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Encouraging personal responsibility in the classroom
May 22, 2020

Freshman year of high school is an important year for students that comes with many changes. Read about how AmeriCorps…

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Students sitting at desks in a classroom with computers in front of them some raising hands as a City Year AmeriCorps member stands with her hand raised
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A letter of hope to my students

As the school year comes to an end, AmeriCorps member Robert Eison shares three lessons he wants his students to…

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Important lessons from students: Empathy and seeing the good

As City Year AmeriCorps members, we teach our students every day, but what are our students teaching us? Read about…

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