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City Year was founded on the belief that young people can change the world. City Year’s vision is that one day a year of service will become an opportunity for and common expectation of every young person. City Year supports this vision in four primary ways:
City Year’s signature program, the City Year youth service corps each year unites more than 1,400 young people age 17-24 for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. These young leaders come from diverse backgrounds and put their idealism to work by tutoring and mentoring school children, reclaiming public spaces, and organizing after-school programs, school vacation camps, and the Starfish Corps, Young Heroes, and City Heroes programs.
City Year seeks to be a catalyst – a mechanism to engage people and institutions in the citizen service movement. Events such as city-wide service days and Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day bring together thousands of people from throughout City Year communities each year to complete critical projects. These projects revitalize communities, and foster a spirit of civic engagement by and bringing together community members from all walks of life.
City Year’s vision is pursued not only through action, but also through public policy outreach and international initiatives promoting the concept of citizen service, engaging policymakers, providing leadership to Voices for National Service, and securing support for AmeriCorps. By generating new, innovative policy ideas and leading discussion around these ideas, City Year seeks to build awareness and support for citizen service among leaders and key stakeholders across the country and the world.
City Year aims to inspire and support citizen service across the globe to unite people from all races, religions, cultures and ethnicities in building a more just world. In 2005, City Year launched its first international site, City Year South Africa. Located in Johannesburg, 200 corps members serve in 18 primary schools through after-school programs in literacy, life skills and tutoring, as well as service projects to reclaim and brighten school spaces. In addition to serving the Johannesburg community through high-quality service-based community projects and after-school programs, City Year South Africa has also helped its City Year corps members realize a brighter future through excellent placement rates in professional employment, apprenticeships, and universities. City Year is a proud member of the Voices for National Service and ServiceNation coalitions. Learn more about our cultureLearn more about our leadershipRead about City Year in the newsRead City Year’s annual reportLearn more about jobs at City YearLearn more about becoming a partner
City Year aims to inspire and support citizen service across the globe to unite people from all races, religions, cultures and ethnicities in building a more just world.
In 2005, City Year launched its first international site, City Year South Africa. Located in Johannesburg, 200 corps members serve in 18 primary schools through after-school programs in literacy, life skills and tutoring, as well as service projects to reclaim and brighten school spaces. In addition to serving the Johannesburg community through high-quality service-based community projects and after-school programs, City Year South Africa has also helped its City Year corps members realize a brighter future through excellent placement rates in professional employment, apprenticeships, and universities.
Learn more about our cultureLearn more about our leadershipRead about City Year in the newsRead City Year’s annual reportLearn more about jobs at City YearLearn more about becoming a partner
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