Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
At the start of the new fiscal year, CYP welcomed Kerri Strike-Stahller and Debby Kuhn as our new Site Board…
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City Year L.A. alum, Erin Willis (’17 and ’18), shared her story of impact and reflected on her years as…
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October is a special month. It’s a time when we celebrate Global Diversity Awareness Month, an opportunity to honor the…
Read the storyEvery year, City Year Greater Boston’s Civic Engagement (BCE) team leverages the power of thousands of volunteers to improve the…
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What does it really mean to have someone, a mentor, change your life? The concept of being part of that…
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In honor of National Coming Out Day, City Year is reasserting our desire to create welcoming spaces where we work…
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October 9th marks the beginning of National School Lunch Week. National School Lunch Week was created in 1962 by President…
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Keimahney Carlisle (pictured fourth, red jacket) writes about her experiences serving on City Year Philadelphia’s 2022-23 Civic Engagement team. …
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A recently issued report from the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) shows a dramatic increase in the number of…
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I’m Lily Proudman and from 2018 to 2020, I served as an AmeriCorps member with City Year Chicago. I…
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Earlier this year, we sat down with several City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps members and alumni and asked them two…
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Have you ever felt vulnerable or insecure when walking into a new environment? Especially at the start of a new…
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