City Year Memphis

Make a difference in Memphis

We are City Year Memphis. We are an anti-inequity organization challenging the educational status quo with tenacity, passion and empathy. We create environments where young people feel like they belong, so they can fulfill their potential. At City Year, we believe that all children can succeed, and that student potential is limitless. However, access to educational opportunity varies due to system inequity in our country. Each year, we hire over 3,000 people nationwide to serve as AmeriCorps Members with us for 10 months, working in under-served public schools to help balance the scales.

In 29 locations across the country, they work on teams and in collaboration with our public-school partners to provide additional adult support to students who need it. Serving as tutors and mentors, these AmeriCorps Members use a research-based approach to assist teachers and get their students back on track towards graduation.

During their gap year of service, City Year AmeriCorps Members receive a living stipend, health benefits, professional development, student loan forbearance, an education award of approximately $6,400+, and access to a variety of graduate school scholarships through our University Partnerships program.