Reflections on the Impact of 87 Young Adults in Chicago

Jun 20, 2008 Posted by Grace Johnson

This afternoon, I attended the Chicago City Year graduation held at the Illinois Institute of Technology.  Out of an original one-hundred-person group who started the program back in September 2007, eighty-seven corps members walked the stage today to graduate.  Each one of the eighty-seven graduates has now completed one year (a handful had just finished their second) of rigorous and highly demanding training and service.  Despite the organization’s vague military characteristics of matching red and kacki uniforms, extreme discipline and obedience to rules, daily corporate calisthenics in public places and position title of “corps” member, the recent graduates seemed anything but militant.  The whole assembly room was abuzz with laughter, excitement and passion for doing the work which they love the best: service.  More than ever, now that they have finished their 1700+ service hours with City Year, they embody the spirit of selfless service, crying “I am ready, send me.”  

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