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A reference to the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930’s, a historic predecessor of the modern national service movement.
What is the City Year lettering style?
Polite behavior, or a polite gesture or remark...
What is "Power Courtesy?"
Always Begin Each new Task With the Same Question: “What Are Our Goals?”
What is PITW #3?
This uniform piece has become optional in the past year (giving corps members freedom on this)?
What are socks?
In every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.
What is "Seven Generations?"
This symbolizes the release of energy, idealism, and human potential, with young people as the catalyst.
What is the City Year sunburst?
A tool for quieting a large and/or loud group in order to begin a meeting or event, by raising one’s hand to signal all group members to respond with their hands raised and voices silent.
What is "hand(s) up?"
Create Your Own Environment for Success.
What is PITW #9?
All outerwear is red, except for the outerwear for three City Year sites. However, corps members in these locations are provided with red bombers to be used for special events, as appropriate.
What is the color yellow OR What are CY Los Angeles, CY Sacramento & CY San Jose/Silicon Valley?
Once upon a time, there lived a brave young pilot. This pilot flew all over the world to interesting lands, meeting interesting people. One night, as the pilot was flying high above the Sahara Desert, the engine of her plane suddenly stalled. Amazingly, she was able to eject from the plane and parachute to the ground......
What is "Sand Into Diamonds?"
These symbolize community and equality, as well as the “strong circle” structure teams use for communication. The openings in the outer circle symbolize an inclusive and welcoming community.
What are the City Year circles?
A tool for effective and courteous public speaking, which refers to the practice of standing up and introducing oneself before one speaks to a group.
What is "stand & declare?"
This Is hard. Be strong.
What is PITW #159?
Each member of the City Year organization wears an item with his or her first name, last name and title. It should be worn on your outermost layer, except the bomber and the jacket.
What is a "name tag?"
You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.
What is "Everybody Can Be Great?" Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.
Showing the four cardinal directions–North, East, South and West–reflect the Native American belief that the meeting point of the four directions is a gathering place.
What are the Compass Points?
A tool for ensuring that an audience fills a hall from front and center. Instead of sitting in the back of a room or on the sides, we demonstrate courtesy, engagement and attentiveness by sitting as close to the front of the room as possible.
What is "front most, center most?"
Admit Mistakes Freely. Doing so makes it easier to fix things, and encourages others to admit mistakes – and soon we all realize that it is all right to make mistakes, just so long as we learn from them.
What is PITW #62?
This logo hasn't changed since 1917. This company owns a recording studio. Their signature apparel is named after a personal trainer from the 1920's.
What is "Converse?"
Oh Great Spirit, grant that I may never criticize my brother or my sister until I have walked the trail of life in their shoes.
What are "Moccasins?"
Each segment represent the days of the week and the Native American belief that with every major decision, we should consider the impact on the next seven generations.
What are the groupings of the seven triangles?
Sessions that bring together corps, staff and champions for community building, sharing information, re ecting, celebrating and learning new skills. Sites typically have Community Meetings twice a month.
What is a "community meeting?"
Nail the details! Every Single One. Excellence is all in the details. Everything counts, all the time.
What is PITW #11?
How many uniform pieces will corps member receive for their year of service?
What is 12?
Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation. . . .It is from numberless diverse acts of courage . . . [and] ... belief that human history is shaped. Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
What is "Ripples?"