Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, 91, partners and alums.

City Year Milwaukee encourages and teaches perseverance, which will bring you many more skills if you lean into the opportunities.
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Being based in Boston, Team Care Force often has the joy of serving with Boston’s own, homegrown Civic Engagement team.
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Paige Kelly, shares about her experience serving virtually and what a “day in the life of virtual service,” is like.
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People decide to take a gap year for so many reasons. Learn why City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member, Kristen, decided…
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Being a teenager is hard under any circumstances, but I’m inspired by my ninth-graders’ resilience in the virtual world. Read on to…
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Meet Ricquele Brooks, City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member on the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Team at…
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Learn more about what a, “day in the life of an AmeriCorps member” looks like for a member of the…
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AmeriCorps member, Neha Sajjad shares more about her coming into City Year, with so much she didn’t know about herself,…
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Read how 91 continue to leave a lasting impression on City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps members in the virtual space.
Read the storyThe CYSA Food Pantry needs to be replenished for our incoming AmeriCorps members. Consider donating any item(s) on CYSA’s Amazon…
Read the storyDestiny Harden, City Year Jacksonville AmeriCorps member, shares how she helped one of her fourth-grade 91 make significant progress in…
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For our second Team Care Force virtual event, we partnered with AT&T, getting a little creative in how we develop virtual…
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