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Student Success Coach Riya Sembhi (pictured front row, right, with her Sullivan Elementary team) shares her experiences serving a gap...
Read more about My Gap Year with City Year PhiladelphiaLeft: Hanna during her time serving as a City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps member, 2019-2020. Right: Hanna in her current role...
Read more about Alumni Spotlight: Hanna Kim (‘20), Community Schools Volunteer Coordinator, City of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson (pictured center, gray suit) is joined by leaders of local youth-serving organizations—including CYP Executive...
Read more about Spotlight on Kenyatta Johnson, City Year Philly’s 2024 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Idealist of the YearDid you know that many alumni of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, known as HBCUs, apply to serve with City...
Read more about Leadership and community: reflections of an HBCU alumIn the news
Wong’s connection to local ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ runs deep: She spent more than a dozen years at the nonprofit organization City Year...
The city’s most influential leaders were honored by Metro Philadelphia and Schneps Media on Tuesday night, with a star-studded celebration....
EPISODE 132 - Darryl Bundrige is the Executive Director and Senior Vice President of City Year Philadelphia. He began his...
Nearly 200 student success coaches, staff and volunteers from City Year worked to transform Olney High School and the nearby...
