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

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City Year is a leadership laboratory
May 18, 2020

Rep. Matt Wilhelm’s City Year experience inspired a deep appreciation for national service and made him a lifelong advocate of…

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The power of building powerful relationships with 91  
May 16, 2020

When I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with 91 was…

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Leading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly’s Executive Director, Darryl Bundrige
May 3, 2020

No one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…

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Idealism in action: Jesus and Lucie’s story
April 28, 2020

  Meet Lucie and Jesus. Lucie is a City Year AmeriCorps member serving here in Kansas City. She is a…

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City Year Alum, Emily Wasek, poses with her partner teacher at a Duval County Public School.
Our Alumni
Closure to my service year in the form of popcorn chicken

City Year Jacksonville alum Emily Wasek shares when she knew that she was responsible for great change in her 91’…

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Aramark Ring of Stars (Phoenix, AZ) 2019

We arrived in Phoenix in mid-October exhausted but well-trained after six weeks of back-to-back events. Our “event marathon” had taken…

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An important update from City Year Los Angeles
April 27, 2020

City Year Los Angeles Executive Director Mary Jane Stevenson shares an important update on the organization’s work with schools.

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Service Beyond the Classroom – Get to Know CYP’s Civic Engagement Team
April 24, 2020

In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…

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Our Alumni
A Letter from a City Year Boston Alum
April 23, 2020

Give now to support AmeriCorps members’ service in virtual classrooms. Isabel Barros is the City Year Boston Alumni Board Chair…

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Q3 Partnership Highlights
April 22, 2020

Q3 Partnership Highlights   Year in and year out the work that City Year can accomplish is made possible by a strong…

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CSX Santa Train (Jacksonville, FL) 2019
April 14, 2020

  ALL ABOARD THE SANTA TRAIN! Team Care Force (TCF) traveled to Jacksonville, FL this past November to assist our…

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Supporting Teachers, Students, and Our AmeriCorps members During COVID-19
April 8, 2020

4.8.20 Update Supporting Teachers, Students, and Our AmeriCorps members During COVID-19  As we enter the fourth week of Boston Public…

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