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The
mission of the Council is to enable
adults, older youths, and families
within the Washington, D.C., vicinity
to solve problems they encounter in
their daily lives and to participate
in and contribute to their community.
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Metropolitan/Delta Adult Literacy Council,
Inc. (M/DALC), operates programs and services
that assist adult learners in their efforts
to raise their education level, strengthen
their parenting knowledge, and develop new
and improved employability skills. Among the
213 program participants who have attended
since July 2003, one or more have for the
first time obtained a library card, read library
books, written newsletter articles, learned
parenting skills, improved their knowledge
of nutrition, domestic violence, and substance
abuse prevention, learned to use the internet,
completed job applications online, obtained
a new job, advanced on their current job,
volunteered for a political campaign, and
attended a worldwide literacy conference....
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The
Washington,
D.C. Alumnae Chapter,
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,
made a commitment to improve adult
literacy in Washington, D.C., and
formed a Delta Adult Literacy Committee
in 1986. Subsequently, the Committee
sponsored a workshop with the cooperation
of the U.S. Department
of Education. In June 1987, Metropolitan
Baptist Church collaborated with M/DALC
by providing space for the start-up
program, administrative office space,
and several training and tutoring
rooms. In 1993, the efforts and achievements
of the initial phase were documented
and became the nucleus for the incorporation
of the Delta Adult Literacy Council.
In 1997 we added Metropolitan to our
name, reflecting the key role of
Metropolitan
Baptist Church in providing
space, equipment, and funding for
our program.
 Since
1987 the Council has trained more
than 900 volunteer tutors who
have contributed more than 48,000
hours of volunteer time. These volunteers
have tutored more than 1,100 adults
in the basic and family literacy programs
from all sections of Washington, D.C.
In addition, more than 793 students have enrolled
in our GED and family literacy
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