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

City Year Jacksonville alum Emily Wasek shares when she knew that she was responsible for great change in her students’…
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“Nuestra Herencia” gives readers “a taste of the daily issues students deal with to advocate for a little more empathy…
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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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In January 2020, I was given the task of helping a student out in English, who could not grasp the…
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Our Whole School, Whole Child approach provides academic and social-emotional supports to thousands of students attending more than 300 high-need…
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Social-emotional learning is a way that City Year can support students in acquiring tools to better understand and navigate their…
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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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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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In partnership with Ƶ and teachers, our City Year AmeriCorps members work to create a culture of kindness by building…
Read the storyCity Year AmeriCorps members work with partner teachers to fully support students in the classroom. Meet middle school science teacher…
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Voices for National Service is a coalition working to build bipartisan support for national service, develop policies that create more…
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