From around the Interwebs: Everybody was great because everybody served: Check out the great coverage from Monday’s MLK Day! LA Times: To honor King, volunteers spruce up a school CBS/KCAL9: Hundreds Honor MLK with Day of Service. UCLA’s Daily Bruin: UCLA students, alumni joins City Year Los Angeles’ service day honoring Martin Luther King Jr. [...]
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Maria Salgado, Corps Member City Year Scholars, the after-school enrichment program that the Walmart team hosts at Stevenson Middle School is an after-school program in which corps members help students with their homework and provide tutoring in the subjects that students have difficulty with. This program provides a foundation for corps members to build relationships [...]
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Written by Liz Warden, Corps Member Video Directed & Edited by Dylan Bondy, Corps Member From as far back as elementary school, MJ Kim was on his own to take complete ownership of his education. Coming from a family that immigrated from South Korea, his parents stressed hard work and education, but weren’t able to [...]
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This morning, sun filled the sky as corps members took the stage to the sounds of a cheering crowd. We gathered at City Hall to honor the 210 young leaders who are dedicating the next 10 months of their lives to serve as tutors, mentors, and role models to the students of Los Angeles. Throughout [...]
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At City Year we use a wide range of tools and exercises that allow us to provide service as powerfully as possible. Many of these are unique to City Year and set us apart from other organizations. City Year culture is a catalyst for building strong teams and is recognized across all of sites. Our [...]
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By Hannah Miller, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member There’s almost no way to describe what it feels like to roll into the city of Los Angeles thinking this is my town now. Only LA can’t be described as simply a ‘town’, even if you put ‘tinsel’ in front of the word. Los Angeles is [...]
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It’s that time of year again folks. The sun’s coming out, the weather is heating up, spring is finally here, and it’s time for City Year Los Angeles’ Camp For A Day! Camp For A Day (CFAD) is an initiative that fills a critical need for children in Los Angeles during their Spring Break. CFAD offers [...]
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Law Murray, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member Situation: It is your first morning in Los Angeles. You just met your awesome roommates the night before, and you feel the need to explore a little bit on your own. You were warned that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority (don’t ever say that, just [...]
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Lily Austin, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member Below is a compilation of well-loved outdoor activities that are great for unwinding on the weekends while staying within your City Year budget. Coming from the East Coast, the persistent warmth of the sun shocked me last November, and I am still addicted to the feeling that [...]
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By Marcus McKoy, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member You are getting everything ready for your year with City Year. You may have even started thinking about what area you want to live in. Los Angeles is an expensive city, which means you may be (will probably be!) looking into finding roommates. Even though City [...]
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