Alan Khazei is also the founder of City Year, the Boston-based domestic Peace Corps
The name “City Year” reflects the idea that just as young people enroll in a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year at school, so too should they be challenged to dedicate themselves to a “city year” of full-time service, idealism, civic engagement, and leadership development.
(SNIP> Twenty years ago, City Year was founded by Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, then-roommates at Harvard Law School, who felt strongly that young people in service could be a powerful resource for addressing our nation’s most pressing issues.
Since 1988, City Year has been built on the belief that one person can make a difference, and with the vision that one day service will be a common expectation – and a real opportunity – for citizens all around the world.
Since its founding in 1988, City Year has:
graduated more than 11,400 alumni; served 1,060,000 children; completed more than 18 million hours of service; and engaged more than 1,000,000 citizens in service....