Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, 91, partners and alums.
While 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 City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps team serving at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School saw a unique opportunity to address two…
Read the storyNow that I am serving with City Year, there are a few questions I am asked that require me to…
Read the storyI have always been a planner. I am not the type of person to “wing it” or go into situations…
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Opening Day is always a special occasion for us at City Year as it marks the official launch to our year…
Read the storyOn Friday, September 13th, 2019 at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, 250 City Year AmeriCorps members pledged to make a difference in…
Read the storyPhiladelphia. The City of Brotherly Love, home of the world champion Philadelphia Eagles (yes, we’re still claiming it) and the…
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“My City Year experience helped confirm for me how powerful active listening can be in building an authentic bond with…
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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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On April 11th, we both had the opportunity to take part in a United States Naturalization Ceremony in Yarmouth, Maine….
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Over the last 30 years, City Year alumni, now more than 32,000 strong, have been instrumental in helping to drive…
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