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

we invited several members of our 32,000+ alumni community to share short uniform stories that explore the power and potential…
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City Year and Search Institute have been working together since 2017 to explore how City Year AmeriCorps members in Columbus,…
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City Year, Hour of Code and digital learning opportunities City Year is sharing fun and engaging Hour of Code activities…
Read the storyAlum Kiesha Johnnies proudly served with City Year Milwaukee鈥檚 founding corps in 2010, serving a year in the city she…
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Introducing Ken聽Wakwe! We were able to have a chat with鈥疜en聽Wakwe鈥痑nd鈥痶alk about his service鈥痺ith City Year. We talked鈥痶o him鈥痑bout鈥痟is鈥痳ecent鈥痳oles鈥痑nd鈥痟ow he uses…
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Each weekday, I wake up promptly at 5:30 am. I start my day with a nice cup of coffee and…
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Our service partner was La Casa Norte, whose mission is to serve youth and families confronting homelessness. They provide access…
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When you’ve been a part of something greater than yourself it’s impossible to return to business as usual. I knew…
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Alex Diorio is a very proud alum of City Year (2014, 2015) and had the privilege to serve in two…
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$10,386. Statistics from a 2012 Frontline PBS article show that if you drop out of high school chances are that…
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Today, Ruby is 64 years old and she still calls New Orleans home. There, she runs the Ruby Bridges Foundation…
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Chelsea Badeau is currently the Senior Director of Editorial Production at Comcast聽NBCUniversal. In this role, she manages editorial content on…
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