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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Q3聽Partnership Highlights聽聽 Year in and year out the work that City Year can accomplish is made possible by a strong…
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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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Q2 Partner聽Highlights聽 City Year Philadelphia鈥檚 work is made possible thanks to organizations and community partners across the city who often…
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With the holiday season around the corner and 2019 ending, it鈥榮 the聽perfect time for reflecting and looking ahead. For City…
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For Nolan Tully, a City Year Philadelphia (CYP) Associate Board member and a Partner at Philadelphia headquartered law…
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AmeriCorps Spotlight聽 Thomas A. Edison High School聽 Works with 9th聽and 10th聽graders聽 Subjects:聽Algebra聽2, Earth Science, and English聽聽 With the first…
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After a plate full of turkey on Thanksgiving and finding big-box deals on Black Friday聽comes the national day of giving…
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Chelsea Badeau is currently the Senior Director of Editorial Production at Comcast聽NBCUniversal. In this role, she manages editorial content on…
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From cheerleading and basketball, to science, dance, and even film-making club, City Year’s work isn’t just done during the school…
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In commemoration of Black History Month 2019, City Year Philadelphia has recognized and paid homage to African-American pioneers in education….
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Today, Ruby is 64 years old and she still calls New Orleans home. There, she runs the Ruby Bridges Foundation…
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