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Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.

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Celebrating Excellence in Service – Fall 2021
November 21, 2021

Each quarter, the Excellence in Service Award recognises an ACM, SL, and Staff member for their commitment to the ideals…

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Where Service Happens: Buffalo Collegiate Charter School
November 17, 2021

The School Where We Serve Buffalo Collegiate Charter School (BCCS) was founded in 2018, originally working with grades 4 and…

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CMSAT Team at Opening Day
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Where Service Happens: Charter Middle School for Applied Technologies

The School Where We Serve One of our two new Partner Schools in the 2021-2022 School Year is The Charter…

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City Year Staff and Champions Standing Outside of PPAs new building
Our Community
Where Service Happens: Persistence Preparatory Academy

The School Where We Serve Returning for a second year with City Year Buffalo is Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School…

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The CHSAT Team at Opening Day
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Where Service Happens: Charter High School for Applied Technologies

The School Where We Serve One of our two new Partner Schools in the 2021-2022 School Year is The Charter High…

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Our Community
Where Service Happens: Enterprise Charter School
November 16, 2021

The School Where We Serve City Year Buffalo’s first and longest-serving school partner, Enterprise Charter School (ECS), is returning for…

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Our Community
City Year Philly Impact Manager Spotlight (Part 3): Deran Neducsin
November 11, 2021

In this multi-part blog series, we’re spotlighting three City Year Philly (CYP) Impact Managers who are in various stages of…

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Our Community
City Year Philly Impact Manager Spotlight (Part 2): Star Taylor
November 10, 2021

In this multi-part blog series, we’re spotlighting three City Year Philly (CYP) Impact Managers who are in various stages of…

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City Year Philly Impact Manager Spotlight (Part 1): Amy Siever
November 9, 2021

City Year’s Impact Managers (IMs) fill a uniquely important role. They lead a team of AmeriCorps members serving in Philadelphia…

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Our Community
Celebrating Filipino-American Leaders in our Community
November 4, 2021

October marks Filipino American Heritage Month. To celebrate, we’re spotlighting three incredible staff and corps members who left their mark…

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The Corps
City Year Los Angeles Opening Day 2021
October 27, 2021

Earlier this month we virtually welcomed our 2021-22 AmeriCorps class, marking the official beginning of our 15th year of service in Los Angeles and Inglewood.    Our Opening Day celebration…

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Our Community
Introducing City Year Philly’s New 2021-22 School Partners
October 14, 2021

Fall weather is gradually settling in, and the 2021-22 school year is well underway! This year, City Year Philadelphia is…

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