Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
Our City Year AmeriCorps members serve in schools to promote educational equity as student success coaches. Learn more about service…
Read the storyCity Year Philly staff and AmeriCorps members Egypt Worthy (top left), Grant Draughn (top right), Kylie Brazil (bottom left), and…
Read the storyCity Year Philadelphia was pleased to sit down with Nellie Vinograd, a Senior AmeriCorps member who came to Philadelphia to…
Read the storyAt City Year Philadelphia, we are always amazed at the passion our corps members have for the schools…
Read the storyIn Part I of our series “Leading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly’s Executive Director, Darryl Bundrige,” the…
Read the storyIn 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
Read the storyAs the health pandemic that is COVID-19 has come in and disrupted the first half 2020 for the entire…
Read the storyWith the holiday season around the corner and 2019 ending, it‘s the perfect time for reflecting and looking ahead. For City…
Read the storyEverybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t…
Read the storyAmeriCorps Spotlight Thomas A. Edison High School Works with 9th and 10th graders Subjects: Algebra 2, Earth Science, and English With the first…
Read the storyThis school year, the City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps team serving at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School saw a unique opportunity to address two…
Read the storyPhiladelphia. The City of Brotherly Love, home of the world champion Philadelphia Eagles (yes, we’re still claiming it) and the…
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