Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Each City Year AmeriCorps member leaves their service year with significant memories of their time spent with students. Sometimes, they…
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Rep. Matt Wilhelm’s City Year experience inspired a deep appreciation for national service and made him a lifelong advocate of…
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When I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with students was…
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For Michael Harding, life since graduating from City Year Philadelphia in June of 2019 has been a continued pursuit of…
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No one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…
Read the storyMeet Lucie and Jesus. Lucie is a City Year AmeriCorps member serving here in Kansas City. She is a…
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City Year Jacksonville alum Emily Wasek shares when she knew that she was responsible for great change in her students’…
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We arrived in Phoenix in mid-October exhausted but well-trained after six weeks of back-to-back events. Our “event marathon” had taken…
Read the storyCity Year’s mission is fueled by a culture of idealism Our work is grounded in the unshakeable belief that we…
Read the storyCity Year Los Angeles Executive Director Mary Jane Stevenson shares an important update on the organization’s work with schools.
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In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
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Give now to support AmeriCorps members’ service in virtual classrooms. Isabel Barros is the City Year Boston Alumni Board Chair…
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