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

When I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with students was…
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Entering our third week from our Community Champion Speaker Series of City Year Miami, our AmeriCorps Members were reenergized to…
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Waking up at 9am. Microsoft Teams calls. Zoom Calls. Virtual high-fives. “Don’t forget to screenshot!” This is the new normal,…
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Coming to City Year through a non-traditional path means using your service year to dive into what you want to…
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As our Community Leader Speaker Series continues this week, our AmeriCorps Members were able to hear from a long time…
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It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Manchester teachers have adapted to remote learning and are continuing to advocate for their students-and we’re…
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No one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…
Read the storyOur service model during the school closures supports teachers and students as they shift their instruction and learning to a virtual…
Read the storyMeet Lucie and Jesus. Lucie is a City Year AmeriCorps member serving here in Kansas City. She is a…
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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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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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