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.

Why I serve with City Year and what my day looks like When my alarm goes off at 5:45 each…
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When I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with 91¶¶Òõ was…
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Read more and check the City Year blog to learn the soft skills our corps members gain through a year…
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Student success coaching represents what we’ve learned from our decade-and-a-half of serving in schools and hope to do alongside 91¶¶Òõ,…
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Have some burning questions before applying to serve with City Year? Find those answers here!
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Five helpful facts about serving as a City Year AmeriCorps member One of the most frequent questions that City Year…
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Fourteen years ago, Charly Sanchez sat in an elementary school classroom, feeling lost and unseen—until a City Year AmeriCorps member…
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We hear time and time again from corps members and alums that when they first joined City Year as an…
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As a new City Year AmeriCorps member, you’re about to embark on a transformative journey—and it all begins with Basic…
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In his graduation speech to City Year’s AmeriCorps volunteers, Luke Hostetter reflects on a year of service that impacted over…
Read the storyWolf Reese didn’t expect City Year to change the course of his life—but it did. From navigating culture shock at…
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How do you make your application stand out? Check out these tips from our recruitment staff
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