City Year Detroit
Detroit’s diversity, thriving arts and food scenes, and legendary music all make the city unique and vibrant, but Detroit’s greatest assets are its people and sense of community.
Support students in Detroit
We are City Year. We are 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.
The same traditions that gave Detroit the nickname of Motor City, or “Motown” still exist today. As a walkable and engaging city with so much to explore, it is easy to experience Detroit’s vibrancy every day.
There are 116 highly-skilled AmeriCorps members working with 7,000 students throughout Detroit.
We partner with educators while supporting, mentoring and lifting up our students so that they are able to fully take advantage of their drive and skill sets.
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Great! We are excited to work together to grow our communities, while you learn valuable skills for the future.
Start application Connect with a recruiterGo into your City Year with resources and information from classroom environments to housing, and some hidden gems to help you feel like a part of the community during your City Year Detroit experience.
A vibrant city filled with culture, Detroit offers a wide range of opportunities and entertainment for young people. Now more than ever, Detroit is a great place for young people to make their mark and generate long term positive impact in the community.
Read about the local benefitsWe’ll walk you through how to use the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) to get across the city, how and where to find roommates and housing, and some hidden gems to make you feel like a local during your City Year Detroit experience.
Read our Detroit city guideThis group of renowned and talented professionals are dedicated to advancing the vision and mission of City Year.
Read more about Leadership | DetroitCity Year depends on committed public and private sector partners in Detroit to support our work.
Read more about Partnerships | DetroitStay in the know about all things City Year. Check out our latest features, media spotlights and press releases.
Read more about In the News | DetroitConnect with us
Thank you Rep. @donavanmckinney for your support of City Year Detroit and recognizing us on the House floor!
We are starting off Red Jacket Day at this morning’s Senate session as the guest of State Senator Mary Cavanagh!
It’s Red Jacket Day at the Capitol!
Over the weekend, our staff and AmeriCorps members joined other Southeast Michigan AmeriCorps programs in Michigan’s AmeriCorps Russ Mawby Signature Service Project! This project took place in partnership with Friends of the Rouge for Rouge Park Appreciation Day. AmeriCorps members and volunteers worked together to help clean up the Rouge Park. Service activities included trail work, trash cleanup, planting/weeding, and invasive species removal. #CityYear #AmeriCorps
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! The effort to officially recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander contributions to the US began in the late 1970s, and took over 10 years to make it a permanent month-long celebration. This month, we celebrate the histories of Americans hailing from the Asian continent - including East, Southeast, and South Asia - and the Pacific Islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia! #aapiheritagemonth
Yesterday, many of our AmeriCorps members gathered for a documentary night to learn about the history of Detroit. #CityYear #Detroit
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