CY 101: Ripples (often hand-in-hand with Joys)

To share a “ripple” in City Year is to tell a short, inspirational story about an act of idealism, courage or belief, often with a larger impact and effect than the initial act seemed capable of.

Sharing a ripple puts us in a more inspired, uplifted frame of mind when we do so at the beginning of a meeting, or share a ripple with the entire site at Community Meeting.

Each morning at first circle, City Year corps members are asked to share Joys and Ripples to kick off the day in the right mind set.

The Ripple’s name is taken from the Ripples speech by Robert F. Kennedy in the City Year Founding Stories.