For the first time this week, the Occupy LA protesters weren't the most radical presence at City Hall agitating for change and social reform. Inste...
Hahn Chang | Posted 08.08.2011
City Year is not about a magic potion to cure all of our students' problems in a night. Instead it is about showing up everyday to the schools, believing in our students and working tirelessly to help them succeed.
The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 06.25.2011
Even though City Year Los Angeles, an educational non-profit, was founded in 2007, they just held their first fundraising dinner last Saturday. For th...
Stephen Salinas | Posted 05.25.2011
By fighting for these students and believing their success is possible, our corps members are helping to raise up the next generation.
Stephen Salinas | Posted 05.25.2011
At 21, after becoming the first in my family to graduate from college, I decided to dedicate a year of my life to serving my community.
Audrey Kuo | Posted 05.25.2011
The current "education moment" is only going to be effective if we can hold it, and transform current interest into a sustained effort with multiple solutions. One of the potential solutions is national service, through organizations such as City Year.
Audrey Kuo | Posted 05.25.2011
In the next few weeks, millions of high school students will celebrate more than a decade of hard work in graduation ceremonies across the country. And more than a million more will not.
HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011
For nearly seven decades, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) has promoted charitable endeavors (primarily on health and educational issues) t...
Andrew Hauptman | Posted 05.25.2011
This past Saturday, 48 families gathered at Grand View Elementary School in West Los Angeles, where we picked up paintbrushes and got to work helping to transform the campus.
The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 12.07.2011