As an organization founded and rooted in the Twin Cities, we grieve the loss of George Floyd. We hear the cries of our community and share in its pain.  We join with the Floyd family in demanding that justice be served and for an end to bigotry and injustice that has no place in a civilized society. We struggle to make sense of this tragedy just as we struggled to make sense of the countless other lives of color lost through…

Elected and honored by her peers, College Coach Maddie Pooley is the 2019-2020 AmeriCorps Member of the Year. The annual end-of-year award goes to a coach recognized by his or her peers as someone who demonstrates outstanding service and leadership. “Maddie is an exceptional leader and wonderful teammate. Whenever the College Coaches have a question, they ask her first. Maddie is always happy to jump in and help accomplish extra tasks, and I always know that I can rely on…

This year, two of the 30 AmeriCorps members and coaches offered students a unique perspective - they were once students in the College Possible, too. College Coach Denzell Clements, at University of Nebraska Omaha, and High School Junior Coach Decker Schneider, at Papillion - La Vista High School, also served at schools they attended. Denzell Clements Denzell has been a College Access and Success Coach with College Possible for two years, but before that, he began in the program in…