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Our stories

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

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The Corps
My Gap Year with City Year Philadelphia
June 27, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

Student Success Coach Riya Sembhi (pictured front row, right, with her Sullivan Elementary team) shares her experiences serving a gap…

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Opportunity
Honoring Pride Month: A Personal Reflection By Virgil Emily, City Year Silicon Valley

  Celebrating & Honoring LGBTTQIAP+ Pride Month with a Personal Reflection from Virgil Emily, Student Success Coach for City Year…

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Our Alumni
City Year Honors Sacramento’s Macey Amissah-McKinney
June 24, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

The City Year Alumni Leadership Awards, presented by Truist, are City Year’s highest alumni recognition. The awards recognize outstanding alums…

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The Corps
Successfully Closing Out Student Relationships
June 18, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

Building and maintaining strong, trusting and consistent relationships with the students we serve (also called developmental relationships) is a cornerstone…

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Our Alumni
Alumni Profile: Spotlight on Derrick Rainey
June 13, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

Derrick Rainey wears many hats. He’s the current mayor of Wrightsville, Arkansas; a youth pastor; the small business coordinator for…

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Our Alumni
AANHPI Q&A with Miranda Ying
June 10, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

As Senior Impact Manager, Miranda is responsible for supervising and coaching teams of AmeriCorps Members at school sites in East…

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Our Impact
National service builds critical workforce, civic and life skills
June 5, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

A new research project, the City Year Alumni Bridging Study, explores how the national service program AmeriCorps prepares young people…

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Our Alumni
Alumni Spotlight: Hanna Kim (‘20), Community Schools Volunteer Coordinator, City of Philadelphia
May 31, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

Left: Hanna during her time serving as a City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps member, 2019-2020. Right: Hanna in her current role…

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Our Impact
Empowering Futures: City Year’s Commitment to Career Development
May 29, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

At City Year, service is at the heart of everything we do. But our commitment to our corps members doesn’t…

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The Corps
City Year builds pathways into teaching for future educators

City Year’s innovative teacher pathway program is helping to address two of the biggest challenges facing public education today: teacher…

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Our Alumni
The Cycle of Opportunity: A Year Commitment That Resonates For A Lifetime
May 22, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

When Lisa Owusu first moved to Jacksonville for a year of service with City Year, she never imagined that she…

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Our Alumni
City Year Honors Nonprofit Founder Dustin LaFont
May 21, 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

The City Year Alumni Leadership Awards, presented by Truist, are City Year’s highest alumni recognition. The awards recognize outstanding alums…

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