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Article: Becoming civic superheroes; City Year's corps members get an intensive education in how to be activists. That means asking not just 'How do we change the world?' but 'How do we change ourselves?'.(FEATURES)(HOMEFRONT)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 30, 2003
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Byline: Elizabeth Lund Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
They were warned that once they put on the jacket, nothing would be the same. "You lose your name," said the speaker to the 166 young adults being sworn in last Oct. 1. "Your first name becomes City. Your last name becomes Year."
But the folks in red didn't flinch. They stood at attention and pledged to serve their community and country.
Thus began their transformation from private citizens to the kind of civic superheroes City Year's founders envisioned 14 years ago when the organization began in Boston. Since then, the program has spread to 14 sites and served as the model ...