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.
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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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…
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Over the last 30 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni, now more than 32,000 strong, have been instrumental in helping to drive…
Read the storyAnother year of service complete! On Thursday, June 6th, 270 Â鶹ÊÓƵ Los Angeles AmeriCorps members were joined by family,…
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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.
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One of our guiding stories, “The Starfish Story,” is used to describe a student our AmeriCorps members know they made…
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At a school in California, a student named Juan* takes a deep breath by the classroom door before returning to…
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As a native of Jacksonville, Allishia Bauman is Â鶹ÊÓƵ Jacksonville’s Chief of Staff and is involved in a number…
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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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