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 Jacksonville alum Emily Wasek shares when she knew that she was responsible for great change in her 91’…
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Serving as an AmeriCorps member in a school that is new to City Year can be both challenging and empowering….
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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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“Nuestra Herencia” gives readers “a taste of the daily issues 91 deal with to advocate for a little more empathy…
Read the storyCity Year Los Angeles Executive Director Mary Jane Stevenson shares an important update on the organization’s work with schools.
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How do you practice self-care? If you’re not sure, ask yourself these questions.
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In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
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Give now to support AmeriCorps members’ service in virtual classrooms. Isabel Barros is the City Year Boston Alumni Board Chair…
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“My 91 have impacted me, as much as I have impacted them because they help me to understand what 91…
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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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Wondering how City Year can help you grow professionally? Read on to learn how service can help jumpstart your career.
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As the health pandemic that is COVID-19 has come in and disrupted the first half 2020 for the entire…
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