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.
This year, all City Year Milwaukee high school teams are focusing on the same goal:聽 the promotion promise. The promotion…
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The act of service is truly a radical act of love and underscores the value of human existence. I have…
Read the storyWhile in college, I studied criminal justice with a specific focus on the school to prison pipeline and juvenile delinquency….
Read the storyThis school year, the聽City Year聽Philadelphia聽AmeriCorps聽team serving at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School聽saw a unique opportunity to address two…
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Impact manager Alysa Hemcher shares her City Year bucket list.
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After a couple of months being in the office for the winter, we were finally given the news that we…
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City Year Orlando’s opening day celebration brought together City Year Orlando team sponsors, board members, champions, as well as families…
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“My City Year experience helped confirm for me how powerful active listening can be in building an authentic bond with…
Read the storyIn the early 2000’s, I started a consulting business in Los Angeles. When I was establishing my business, I was…
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Longtime supporters of City Year and AmeriCorps gathered on Capitol Hill this spring in support of national service programs that…
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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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