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City Year Honors Young Alum Derek Qiu
The City Year Alumni Leadership Awards, presented by Truist, are City Year’s highest alumni recognition. The awards recognize outstanding alums who have continued their commitment to service and...
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City Year AmeriCorps members are student success coaches
City Year has served communities and young people for more than three decades. During that time, we have evolved and grown from a small service organization founded in Boston in 1988 to a national...
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Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers
Each May, organizations and communities across the nation celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, coming together to express gratitude to the educators who work tirelessly to support and inspire our...
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Spotlight on Kenyatta Johnson, City Year Philly’s 2024 Idealist of the Year
Philadelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson (pictured center, gray suit) is joined by leaders of local youth-serving organizations—including CYP Executive Director Darryl Bundrige—at a press...
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Meet City Year Detroit’s Team Bethune & Team Gompers
City Year Detroit AmeriCorps members serve as Student Success Coaches from the morning bell to the end of the day at ten Detroit Public Schools Community District schools. With attendance, behavior,...
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Top Reasons Why You’ll Love Living and Working In Memphis
Living and working in Memphis can be a great option for young people, from affordable housing and a vibrant culture to delicious food and outdoor adventures. It’s a big city with a small-town feel. And...
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A Love Letter to Buffalo, New York
You may not have heard a whole lot about Buffalo, New York, but it’s the second biggest city in the Empire State, after NYC, and has a fascinating history of its own—and a lot of assets that appeal to...
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Resources to support the mental health and well-being of our corps
Our AmeriCorps members serve long, rewarding, often challenging, days in schools. Being present for students day-in and day-out—on top of managing life outside of service—is hard under normal...
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A Day in The Life
Throughout the school year, the City Year New Orleans corps spends 10-12 hours a day serving students and supporting teachers. Corps members split their time supporting students in math, science, and...
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Rekindling the Spirit of Service: City Year DC’s Breakfast of Champions...
Last Thursday, May 9th, City Year DC reignited the flame of community and service by bringing back Breakfast of Champions. Gathering both new and seasoned supporters—current ACMs, board members,...
View ArticleCelebrating City Year’s 25 years of DCPS Partnerships
City Year DC has been proudly serving the Washington, DC community for almost 25 years thanks to the support of numerous partner schools. During this Partnership Appreciation Week, we want to extend...
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City Year Honors Nonprofit Founder Dustin LaFont
The City Year Alumni Leadership Awards, presented by Truist, are City Year’s highest alumni recognition. The awards recognize outstanding alums who have continued their commitment to service and...
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The Cycle of Opportunity: A Year Commitment That Resonates For A Lifetime
When Lisa Owusu first moved to Jacksonville for a year of service with City Year, she never imagined that she would still call the community home a decade later. Originally from North Carolina, Lisa’s...
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City Year Builds Pathways Into Teaching For Diverse Future Educators
City Year’s innovative teacher pathway program is helping to address two of the biggest challenges facing public education today: teacher shortages and a lack of teacher diversity, particularly in...
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Empowering Futures: City Year’s Commitment to Career Development
At City Year, service is at the heart of everything we do. But our commitment to our corps members doesn’t end when their service year concludes. We’re dedicated to supporting their transition and...
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Alumni Spotlight: Hanna Kim (‘20), Community Schools Volunteer Coordinator,...
Left: Hanna during her time serving as a City Year Philadelphia AmeriCorps member, 2019-2020. Right: Hanna in her current role as Community Schools Volunteer Coordinator. Meet Hanna Kim, a...
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National service builds critical workforce, civic and life skills
A new research project, the City Year Alumni Bridging Study, explores how the national service program AmeriCorps prepares young people with critical workforce, civic and interpersonal skills that can...
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City Year New York Appoints Annie Kessler as Executive Director
New York, NY – June 5, 2024 – Today, City Year New York (CYNY), an education nonprofit that recruits young adults for a year of service and near-peer mentoring in high-need New York City community...
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Improving Student Attendance Through Student Success Coaching
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic linger for K12 education. Schools across the country continue to grapple with post-pandemic pain points and how best to support students, from improving academic...
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Top 5 Reasons to Join City Year New Hampshire
A year of service with City Year is impactful for communities and transformative for the young people who serve. As the students you support every day learn and grow, you do, too, acquiring valuable...
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