Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
City Year Detroit welcomed creative genius and novelist Andre Ebron to present on Imposter Syndrome to our AmeriCorps members and…
Read the storyYvonne’s journey as an educator started as an AmeriCorps member with City Year San Antonio. She is now an award-winning…
Read the storyAs City Year centers equity in our research work, we’ve defined and adjusted new capacities: community-based action research, trend forecasting…
Read the storyAs a City Year Philadelphia (CYP) AmeriCorps member, it’s easy to get consumed in the day-to-day of service. Having hobbies…
Read the storyCity Year Detroit hosted a panel to discuss how increasing the number of male educators of color will help close…
Read the storyCity Year Little Rock kicks off our inaugural Women’s Leadership Council, a new mentoring program for our female-identifying corps members.
Read the storyAny day of the year is the perfect opportunity to celebrate and support the women in your life. However, March…
Read the storyThe story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the…
Read the storyAfter graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, I was unsure of what I wanted to do. I ended…
Read the storyMeet City Year Detroit’s new Community Partnerships Manager, Kai Page, who will identify and develop local partnerships and add capacity…
Read the storyCadence Pentheny, City Year New Hampshire ‘17, ‘18, awarded the 2022 Alumni Leadership Award for their dedication to social justice.
Read the storyAs an organization committed to continuous learning, the ways in which we and our partners seek to make an impact…
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