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

As our Community Leader Speaker Series continues this week, our AmeriCorps Members were able to hear from a long time…
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City Year Jacksonville alum Emily Wasek shares when she knew that she was responsible for great change in her students’…
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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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City Year is designed to improvise and conquer new challenges. Whether in a classroom, hallway, office, cafeteria or outdoor space,…
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From the desk of Dr. Catherine Cushinberry: Many of us were thrown for a loop a few weeks ago when…
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Ben and Brittany were able to do a call with Alejandro Villafuerte about his experience serving with City Year. We…
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As the heart of this organization, we simply could not do this work without you. Thank you.
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One of City Year’s core values is teamwork. We strive to work powerfully together in a unified effort to achieve…
Read the storyCity Year is an AmeriCorps program that helps students in systemically under-resourced ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ reach their highest potential. There are many…
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Introducing Emily Kean We are really thankful to have been able to have a chat with Emily Kean and talk…
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All the way from the city of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Warren Basla served in City Year Philadelphia at Universal Daroff Charter…
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Kimmy Lee is a charismatic connector on the City Boston People Team – the department that supports human resources for our staff and…
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