Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
There are 75,081 students in Milwaukee who need and deserve our support in order to thrive. You could be part of a…
Read the storyAnother year of service complete! On Thursday, June 6th, 270 City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps members were joined by family,…
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Just as our AmeriCorps members give their all to support our students, our organization and staff strive to give our…
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We were able to have a chat with Akida Azad and talk about her service with City Year. We talked…
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For nearly 20 years, City Year AmeriCorps members have had the opportunity to serve in this important and distinctive city.
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One of our guiding stories, “The Starfish Story,” is used to describe a student our AmeriCorps members know they made…
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At a school in California, a student named Juan* takes a deep breath by the classroom door before returning to…
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New Orleans is known as a city of revelry and festivals and as a resilient and diverse community. You can…
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As a native of Jacksonville, Allishia Bauman is City Year Jacksonville’s Chief of Staff and is involved in a number…
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As the largest school district in the state, Little Rock School District enrolls more than 25,000 talented students.
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Planning McDonough’s literacy night was the most exhilarating, exhausting, stressful, and rewarding thing I have done at City Year (or…
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There’s lots to love about living in the nation’s Capital. You’ll have access to world-class museums, colleges and universities and…
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