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.
Next week, many Â鶹ÊÓƵ sites, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ Philadelphia, will welcome their new first year AmeriCorps to their pre-service…
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Have some burning questions before applying to serve with Â鶹ÊÓƵ? Find those answers here!
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Vanessa Served as a Student Success Coach in 2024 – 2025 Current Company and Job Title: KIPP: Prize Preparatory Academy,…
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Five helpful facts about serving as a Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps member One of the most frequent questions that Â鶹ÊÓƵ…
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Before the start of a new school year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 29 U.S. sites welcome a new group of talented and…
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Fourteen years ago, Charly Sanchez sat in an elementary school classroom, feeling lost and unseen—until a Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps member…
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My time with Â鶹ÊÓƵ has simultaneously been the hardest and most rewarding year of my life. The long exhausting…
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We hear time and time again from corps members and alums that when they first joined Â鶹ÊÓƵ as an…
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On June 12, 2025, we proudly graduated our 2024–2025 AmeriCorps class, marking the close of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Los Angeles’ 18th…
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As a new Â鶹ÊÓƵ AmeriCorps member, you’re about to embark on a transformative journey—and it all begins with Basic…
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In his graduation speech to Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s AmeriCorps volunteers, Luke Hostetter reflects on a year of service that impacted over…
Read the storyWolf Reese didn’t expect Â鶹ÊÓƵ to change the course of his life—but it did. From navigating culture shock at…
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