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 [...]
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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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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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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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City Year Los Angeles is very excited and beyond proud to welcome our next class of over 200 young leaders! The 2011-2012 corps represents the best of the most competitive applicant group City Year LA has ever seen. We received over 800 applications and only 1 in 4 applicants were accepted to the program. So [...]
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Gauthami Penakalapati, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member If you’ve been following the recent blog topics, you may have realized that living on a stipend in style requires some creativity. In addition to the food stamps and the multitude of free activities, LA living requires some forethought and planning. Budgeting is a great way [...]
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Lorena Fiori, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member Have you ever tutored? Have you ever tutored children between the ages of 7 and 11? Are you a patient person? Do you know the appropriate way to deal with tears, inattentiveness, incomprehension, blank stares, unintended misbehavior, fragility and devious/adorable smiles? These are all very important [...]
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Sha’Ki Boyd, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member There has been no greater joy than serving my first City Year in South Los Angeles, formerly known as South Central. I was born and raised in South L.A.; therefore, I have an even greater appreciation for the city and the school in which I serve in. [...]
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Jazz Cabezas, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member Have you ever had the sensation (love this word) of wearing the same thing as a stranger? Well, I have just the fix. Disclaimer: Reading this article might fuel your addiction to thrift store shopping and result in happy smiles. How does one dress cool within [...]
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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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