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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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Our Impact
One year of impact
October 23, 2019

Each AmeriCorps member has brought something unique to the team and our students this year. Meet them now!

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Our Impact
The promotion promise

This year, all Â鶹ÊÓƵ Milwaukee high school teams are focusing on the same goal:  the promotion promise. The promotion…

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As students exit the school bus they find a team of Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members lined up to welcome them to school
Our Alumni
Corps to corporate: the journey of a Â鶹ÊÓƵ Louisiana AmeriCorps member to Memphis

The act of service is truly a radical act of love and underscores the value of human existence. I have…

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Our Alumni
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Memphis builds the teacher pipeline

While in college, I studied criminal justice with a specific focus on the school to prison pipeline and juvenile delinquency….

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ members pose at Girls at Work after a day of service
Our Impact
Empowered by Power Tools: Â鶹ÊÓƵ Serves with Girls at Work
September 19, 2019

Impact manager Alysa Hemcher shares her Â鶹ÊÓƵ bucket list.

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Our Impact
AT&T Impact Day (Atlanta, GA) 2019
September 6, 2019

After a couple of months being in the office for the winter, we were finally given the news that we…

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Our Impact
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Orlando opening day 2019 celebration
August 24, 2019

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Orlando’s opening day celebration brought together Â鶹ÊÓƵ Orlando team sponsors, board members, champions, as well as families…

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Our Alumni
Alumni Profile: Andrea Encarnacao Martin
July 31, 2019

“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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Our Impact
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Memphis: Building to lead
July 22, 2019

In the early 2000’s, I started a consulting business in Los Angeles. When I was establishing my business, I was…

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Our Alumni
From Hawai’i to Tulsa to teaching, a Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps member reflects on two years of service
July 15, 2019

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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Our Alumni
How national service shaped me
July 10, 2019

Thirty years ago, when I was 17 years old, I was part of an idealistic experiment, a summer pilot program…

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A group of AmeriCorps members walk along the city sidewalk.
Our Alumni
For 30 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s alumni have made a difference
June 25, 2019

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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