Time really does fly. On Saturday, June 11th, after 10 challenging months serving the communities of Los Angeles, the 2010-2011 City Year Los Angeles corps officially ended their term of service and became City Year alumni. The ceremony featured inspiring remarks from Congressman Xavier Becerra, Andrew Hauptman, NOW Academy teacher Nick Delegencia, and corps member Evan Bowling before [...]
By Hahn Chang, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member Jerry is one the coolest kids in our Starfish Corps after-school program. Every day, as I walk to the purple tables where students congregate for our program, I see Jerry’s bright smile. He comes towards me dragging his oversized suitcase (that serves as his backpack), and [...]
It was a big night for yellow and we’re not just talking about the Lakers! Last night we celebrated the accomplishments of the 2010 City Year Los Angeles corps during CYLA’s graduation ceremony held at the Aratari Japan/America Theater in Little Tokyo. We were joined by over 400 community partners, sponsors, friends and family members and were honored [...]