“I think empathy is tremendously important in the world that I would like to live in,” explains Corinne Ferguson, Chair of the City Year Boston Board. “I really feel that red jacket is almost a coat of armor,” adds Boston Board member Jim Atwood.

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From City Year founding staff member Kristen Atwood, to Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral, to teacher Diane Stafford, a 28-year veteran of Boston Public Schools, individuals from all over the Boston community dig deep and discuss the impact that City Year has on them personally, on the corps members serving, in schools, in the city, and in the world.

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