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5 Things to Consider When Moving to LA

April 15, 2012

By Lorena Fiori, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member 2010-11 On September 1st, 2009, I found myself in an unfamiliar city, in an office full of people whose purpose I didn’t quite understand, thousands of miles away from home. It was, at the time, the most drastic and risky decision I’d ever made. It [...]

Alternative Spring Break Service Day at Markham Middle School

April 12, 2012

Liz Warden, Corps Member “Y’all did a good job,” a sixth grade student told my teammate at lunch. He was able to spot the vibrant, newly painted murals at Markham Middle School from afar walking past the school on his last day of spring break. However, the rest of the students at Markham Middle School [...]

Around Our Town – Griffith Observatory

April 10, 2012

Ricky Cuellar, External Relations Project Leader To really get to know LA, you have to open yourself up to the new experiences and adventures that await you. Staying home on the weekends is not an option, you really have to get up and out to explore what this hustling and bustling giant of a city [...]

Apply Now for City Year 2012-13!

April 9, 2012

Are you ready to give a year and change the world? Are you looking for a way to positively impact the lives of others while gaining leadership experience? City Year is searching for young idealists who are motivated to change the world. What is City Year? City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for [...]

Clinton Middle School Gets Creative!

April 5, 2012

Jose Becerra, Corps member It was an enriching day for the families of the students at Clinton Middle School on March 28, 2012, when the school enjoyed its first art fair. The Clinton Art Fair gave students and their families an opportunity to celebrate creativity. At Clinton, only one classroom period throughout the school day [...]

Alternative Spring Break at Ford Blvd. Elementary School

April 3, 2012

Monday, April 2nd, was no typical day at Ford Blvd. Elementary School. Over 200 City Year Los Angeles corps members were hard at work beautifying the campus while students were away on Spring Break. Corps members who serve in 17 schools across Los Angeles came together to positively impact the students at Ford Boulevard Elementary. [...]

Racing to the Top of the Million Word Challenge!

March 27, 2012

Jadine Laniado, Corps Member The Million Word Challenge is a community-wide literacy campaign promoting a culture of literacy at home and academic achievement at school by challenging students to read millions of words outside the classroom! The challenge seeks to help connect families and schools together around the joy of reading. Created in 2003, this [...]

Anti-Bullying Week at Virgil Middle School

March 21, 2012

Krista Holden, Corps Member Although Virgil Middle School is divided into two academies with two different shirt colors, students were excitedly cheering on their peers. Everyone banded together, fiercely defending their fellow 6th, 7th, and 8th grade teams with deafening sounds of their unwavering support. This was the scene last week during Virgil Middle School’s [...]

CYLA Media 411 – 3/20/12

March 20, 2012

From the interwebs 50th Higher Education Institution Joins City Year’s “Give a Year” Partnership Program. We now have 50 give a year Partners, who offer more than $2 million in scholarship money to City Year alums! via City Year Blog Commemorating AmeriCorps Week: Expanding Opportunity Through Service. Here’s a brief history in National Service. via [...]

A Day in the Life of a Stevenson Corps Member

March 15, 2012

Joshua Keller, corps member When talking to friends and family about what City Year is and what I do, I inform them that we are a non-profit working to fight the drop-out crisis. Still looking slightly confused they ask “What exactly does that look like though?” or “What do you do day to day?” To [...]

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