Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
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This year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Milwaukee was chosen to be a part of the Network for School Improvement pilot program.
Read the storyWhile in college, I studied criminal justice with a specific focus on the school to prison pipeline and juvenile delinquency….
Read the story![As students exit the school bus they find a team of Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members lined up to welcome them to school](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WashDC_05.18_ElliotHaney_IS_2-0055-585x332.jpg)
The act of service is truly a radical act of love and underscores the value of human existence. I have…
Read the storyThis school year, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Philadelphia AmeriCorps team serving at Alexander K. McClure Elementary School saw a unique opportunity to address two…
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“My Â鶹ÊÓƵ experience helped confirm for me how powerful active listening can be in building an authentic bond with…
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Longtime supporters of Â鶹ÊÓƵ and AmeriCorps gathered on Capitol Hill this spring in support of national service programs that…
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In the spring of 2017, Jessica Butay, a Hawai’i native who was about to graduate from college in Colorado, had…
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Thirty years ago, when I was 17 years old, I was part of an idealistic experiment, a summer pilot program…
Read the story![A group of AmeriCorps members walk along the city sidewalk.](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYChi-CityPortaits-10.18-ehaney-175_e-1-585x332.jpg)
Over the last 30 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni, now more than 32,000 strong, have been instrumental in helping to drive…
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Just as our AmeriCorps members give their all to support our students, our organization and staff strive to give our…
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For nearly 20 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members have had the opportunity to serve in this important and distinctive city.
Read the story![Students add their handprints to the sun at McDonough's literacy night](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_8098-585x332.png)
Planning McDonough’s literacy night was the most exhilarating, exhausting, stressful, and rewarding thing I have done at Â鶹ÊÓƵ (or…
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