January 2012
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Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve. You don’t have to...
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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School improvement comes about when schools have the tools they need to improve...
– - Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol R. Johnson
Check out the tremendous success of one of City Year Boston’s school partners, Elihu Greenwood Leadership Academy
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Hey Everyone, City Year N.Y. serves in a South Bronx school (P.S. 48). They are currently trying to get money from the Glee Give a Note contest. It would be awesome if everyone can support and vote for them. They really do need the new instruments. Here’s the link: http://www.gleegiveanote.com/vote_details.php?id=9
Americans have shown that they want to step up, but we’re not keeping pace...
– President Barack Obama
Take Your Recession Job and Shove it
September 2011
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We are proud to have City Year in Denver to partner with Denver Public Schools...
– Mayor Michael Hancock at City Year Denver Opening Day
People don’t always think about how the look of the building affects what we do...
– Carolina Naranjo-Creel, Principal of Gilbert Stuart Middle School on a service event with City Year Rhode Island http://bit.ly/oZFbXL
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is...
– Jack Layton
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Unemployment is striking America’s young people even harder than adults....
– AmeriCorps, today’s Depression-era CCC via CNN by Senior Political Analyst David Gergen and CEO and Co-Founder of City Year Michael Brown.
August 2011
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Sometimes idealism can get a bad rap. That it means just being positive all the...
– Michael Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of City Year in his 2008 commencement address at the University of New Hampshire.
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It’s a fresh start. I don’t have to think about any expectations...
– Kyle Lamar, a student who is participating in Diplomas Now in Detroit, on how the program benefits him and his education.
Click here to check out a really awesome news feature about the program.