Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
In the spring of 2017, Jessica Butay, a Hawai’i native who was about to graduate from college in Colorado, had…
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Thirty years ago, when I was 17 years old, I was part of an idealistic experiment, a summer pilot program…
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Over the last 30 years, City Year alumni, now more than 32,000 strong, have been instrumental in helping to drive…
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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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Where I am today began with an idea of a year of service from an unlikely place.
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Believe or not, I used to really hate running. Running was a constant reminder for me of all the things…
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As states implement their ESSA plans, there is an opportunity to think creatively about strategies to address teacher shortages. One…
Read the storyAfter graduating from Boston College with B.A. in Sociology, Allison answered the call to service as a mentor and role…
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City Year D.C.’s AAPI Affinity Group invited a three-person panel of past AAPI AmeriCorps members to share their service stories…
Read the story Change is not made all at once. It builds gradually over time – one person, one student, one client at…
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