Founding Stories

CITY YEAR FOUNDING STORIES

City Year’s collection of founding stories embodies our idealistic culture. The Founding Stories represent the collective civic values that guide City Year, set the organization on course, and remind us of the most fundamental motivations for our work.

We invite you to read our Founding Stories and learn more about the values that serve as the foundation for our work:

Be the Change
The Beloved Community
The Bridge Builder
Cathedral Building
Everybody Can Be Great

NEVER DOUBT

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead

It Takes a Village
It’s in Your Hands
The Lighthouse
The Long Walk
Love and Joy
Moccasins
Never Doubt
Night Into Day
The Rabbi’s Gift
Ripples
Sand Into Diamonds
Seven Generations
The Starfish Story
Stone Soup
The Traveler
Ubuntu
Up the River
Water

To purchase hard copies of Founding Stories, print this order form and mail it to us. Contact Mark Henderson at mhenderson@cityyear.org or (617) 927-2321 for more information.