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.

Keimahney Carlisle (pictured fourth, red jacket) writes about her experiences serving on City Year Philadelphia’s 2022-23 Civic Engagement team. …
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Why I Serve and What My Day Looks Like When my alarm goes off at 5:45 each morning, I think…
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This blog was updated in January 2024 to reflect the School District of Philadelphia鈥檚 changing math curriculum. In this ongoing…
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This blog was updated in January 2024 to reflect the School District of Philadelphia鈥檚 changing literacy curriculum.聽 AmeriCorps members at…
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Students at Hartranft Elementary School eagerly greet City Year Philly AmeriCorps members. In this new ongoing series, we’ll take…
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Blaine School AmeriCorps members William Glover-Flood and Tykira Mitchell teach 天美影院 about important Black figures as part of Black History…
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Spirits were high at City Year Philadelphia’s sixth聽annual聽Women鈥檚 Leadership Luncheon, held virtually on Tuesday, October聽13.聽The luncheon聽united women to support the…
Read the storyQ4 Partnership Highlight聽 The end of our聽2020聽service year presented us with unimaginable challenges, from a global pandemic to historic civil…
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In this final installment of our series 鈥淟eading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly鈥檚 Executive Director, Darryl聽Bundrige,鈥…
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In聽Part I聽of our series 鈥淟eading Through Tough Times: An Interview with City Year Philly鈥檚 Executive Director, Darryl聽Bundrige,鈥 the…
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No one could have predicted it. A health pandemic so severe it brings the entire globe, the entire international community,…
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In 1988 Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, founders of City Year, established the organization on the idea that one person…
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