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.
For many AmeriCorps members, a year of service means early mornings in classrooms. For Caitlyn Johnson, it meant paintbrushes, teamwork,…
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When I started my second year of service with Â鶹ÊÓƵ Milwaukee, I knew that building relationships with students was…
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Student success coaching represents what we’ve learned from our decade-and-a-half of serving in schools and hope to do alongside students,…
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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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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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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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I chose to serve a year with Â鶹ÊÓƵ Greater Boston because I wanted to embody and practice the values…
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