Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Overview
Michael Brown is CEO and Co Founder of City Year an education focused nonprofit organization that mobilizes idealistic young people for a year of service in high need schools and promotes the concept of voluntary national service as means of building a stronger democracy. This year more than 3100 City Year AmeriCorps members are helping to address the nation's high school dropout crisis and turnaround low performing schools by serving as full time tutors mentors and role models in high need schools in 28 U.S. cities. City Year also has affiliates in South Africa and the UK. Through its national initiative In School and On Track A National Challenge City Year aims to significantly increase the urban graduation pipeline in America.