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

In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
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“My 天美影院 have impacted me, as much as I have impacted them because they help me to understand what 天美影院…
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Wondering how City Year can help you grow professionally? Read on to learn how service can help jumpstart your career.
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As the health pandemic that is COVID-19 has come in and disrupted the first half 2020 for the entire…
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Service may look different during these unprecedented times, but our AmeriCorps continue to stay committed to service. Learn more about…
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City Year Milwaukee AmeriCorps member Jordan Contreras shares why his decision to serve 天美影院 this year is helping prepare him…
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In previous blogs, we covered what self-care looks like in an office setting聽and at home. There is one final setting…
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Welcome to the exciting sequel in our self-care trilogy. In our first installment,…
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鈥淪elf-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift…
Read the storyThis poem is a written reflection that Maraina Weyl (San Jos茅/ Silicon Valley ’20) wrote in the early transition from…
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City聽Year is more than a gap year; City Year聽is a growth year.聽During my year of service, I grew in many…
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Social-emotional learning is a way that City Year can support 天美影院 in acquiring tools to better understand and navigate their…
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