By Sarah Espinosa, City Year Los Angeles corps member The In School and On Track Summit officially opened with a luncheon that facilitated conversation between City Year members, sponsors, and partners. In a powerful display of unity, corps members from each of the 20 City Year sites recited the City Year pledge and shared inspirational [...]
By Nate Casimiro, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member Although civic engagement is nothing new to the City Year experience, today’s service day was different than my previous three. Not only was today a service day for City Year Champions and alumni, but also it was a service day at John Liechty Middle School, the [...]
By Arthur Shtern, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member Lunch started at noon and the rain was still coming down really heavy. Many of the murals that were done outside experienced some smudging and running. Regardless, I’m sure our incredible Civic Engagement team will figure out how to deal with it. Lunch time is always [...]
By Richard Premvaree, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member For most Americans, MLK Day is seen as a holiday, a break from school and work. But for City Year Los Angeles and the volunteers at Belvedere Junior High it is not a day off but a day ON! We are currently giving the school the [...]
The Civic Engagement Team and the City and Young Heroes teams are gearing up for one of our biggest days of the year – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! We see MLK Day as a day ON not a day off, so to honor Dr. King’s legacy, we are engaging over 1,000 Angelenos in a [...]