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

For many AmeriCorps members, a year of service means early mornings in classrooms. For Caitlyn Johnson, it meant paintbrushes, teamwork,…
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When I started my second year of service with City Year Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with 麻豆国产 was…
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Student success coaching represents what we鈥檝e learned from our decade-and-a-half of serving in schools and hope to do alongside 麻豆国产,…
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Learn what it鈥檚 like to serve at City Year and what to expect at the start of service. City Year…
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Next week, many City Year sites, including City Year Philadelphia, will welcome their new first year AmeriCorps to their pre-service…
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Five helpful facts about serving as a City Year AmeriCorps member One of the most frequent questions that City Year…
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Before the start of a new school year, City Year’s 29 U.S. sites welcome a new group of talented and…
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Fourteen years ago, Charly Sanchez sat in an elementary school classroom, feeling lost and unseen鈥攗ntil a City Year AmeriCorps member…
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My time with City Year has simultaneously been the hardest and most rewarding year of my life. The long exhausting…
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We hear time and time again from corps members and alums that when they first joined City Year as an…
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On June 12, 2025, we proudly graduated our 2024鈥2025 AmeriCorps class, marking the close of City Year Los Angeles鈥 18th…
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As a new City Year AmeriCorps member, you’re about to embark on a transformative journey鈥攁nd it all begins with Basic…
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