CITY YEAR INC

Youth civic leadership40,000 of city year's alumni continue to serve and lead across an array of professions, including education, with more than half of alums working as teachers, adminstrators, guidance counselors and at education nonprofits, and are engaged in their communities. They share their passion for civic engagement by leading students in activities that help the participants gain a better understanding of challenges facing their communities and how they can help address them. City year was founded on the belief that a year of national service could serve as a civic rite of passage - a uniquely transformational life experience that, while helping transform communities in need, could bend the trajectory of an idealistic young person's life towards a lifetime of active citizenship and civic leadership.