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Mailing Address:
Durham Literacy Center
P.O. Box 52209
Durham, NC 27717

Office Location:
SunTrust Bank Building
Suite 102
4235 University Dr.
Durham, NC 27707

Phone: (919) 489-8383
Fax: (919) 489-7637

info@durhamliteracy.org

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Our Mission:  The mission of the Durham Literacy Center is to empower Durham County residents who want to enrich their lives by improving their literacy skills. Read more about our mission, vision, values, programs, and history here.

Announcements & Updates
Check out the DLC News & Media page, which includes major news items, media clips, and links to recent DLC newsletters. Here are a few highlights:
  • We will be closed on Labor Day (Monday, September 6).  Area libraries will also be closed. Please share this information with your students.
  • Welcome to the 25+ newly trained Adult Literacy and ESOL tutors who will be joining us this semester!  We truly appreciate your commitment to sharing the gift of literacy.
  • The Teen Career Academy's fall semester is off to a great start! We currently have space for several new students.  Call 323-6039 to learn more or to register for a Friday morning (9am) placement test.
  • The DLC's Youtube Channel now contains highlights from the 2010 Leaders in Literacy Breakfast, including excerpts from students, Mayor Bill Bell, Congressman David Price, Dick Gordon, and other invited guests. 
  • The DLC recently honored its founder, Mary Whaley Paul, at an event attended by over 200 students, tutors and friends of the DLC, including Congressman David Price, Durham Mayor Bill Bell, and Dick Gordon, host of NPR’s “The Story.” Learn more. Photos of the event are now available here (at Flickr).  (Pictured here are DLC Executive Director Reginald Hodges, US Congressman David Price, and DLC Founder Mary Whaley Paul.)
  • Many thanks to Océ, which provided high quality printing services free of charge for the Leaders in Literacy Breakfast. 
  • The DLC was one of the top ten fundraisers at the 2010 Great Human Race! Learn more. 
  • RTI International's Community Partnership Program generously donated $1,500 to the DLC to support our literacy services across Durham County! Debbie Lee presented the check to DLC staff on March 23. See photos here.
  • The Durham Literacy Center was named Agency of Excellence by the United Way of the Greater Triangle!  Read more.
Read our two blogs: The Adult Literacy Community Blog and the new STAR @ the Durham Literacy Center Blog.  Visit us on Facebook.


Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to the Durham Literacy Center to raise funds for literacy!  (Our number is 5543.)
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