Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, 91¶¶Òõ, partners and alums.
At City Year, student success coaches support 91¶¶Òõ through instructional interventions in reading and math. An instructional intervention is a…
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Each AmeriCorps member has brought something unique to the team and our 91¶¶Òõ this year. Meet them now!
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This year, all City Year Milwaukee high school teams are focusing on the same goal:Â the promotion promise. The promotion…
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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…
Read the storyIn the early 2000’s, I started a consulting business in Los Angeles. When I was establishing my business, I was…
Read the storyAnother year of service complete! On Thursday, June 6th, 270 City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps members were joined by family,…
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One of our guiding stories, “The Starfish Story,” is used to describe a student our AmeriCorps members know they made…
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At a school in California, a student named Juan* takes a deep breath by the classroom door before returning to…
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As a native of Jacksonville, Allishia Bauman is City Year Jacksonville’s Chief of Staff and is involved in a number…
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Planning McDonough’s literacy night was the most exhilarating, exhausting, stressful, and rewarding thing I have done at City Year (or…
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