About Us
Literacy Volunteers and Advocates, an accredited affiliate of ProLiteracy Worldwide, is a local non-profit dedicated to addressing the core, hidden problems of illiteracy at both an individual and community level by tailoring its programs to the thousands of adults in DC who are coping with illiteracy caused by learning challenges.
LVA is characterized by its ability to help adult learners:
● Gain confidence in their intelligence by identifying and overcoming long-held learning
challenges with reading, writing and math
● Transform their ability to secure, maintain and manage life’s basic needs:
employment, housing, health/safety, transportation, social services, education, and
citizenship
● Feel respect, trust, and acceptance in a learning environment and in their communities
● Stop the cycle of illiteracy in their families
● Participate more fully as citizens in society
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635 Edgewood St. NE Washington, D.C. 20017
202-387-1772 (phone)202-588-0714 (fax)
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LVA Executive Director Rita Daniels (left) with staff members Henry Appy, Cheryl Pryor, and Katie Murchison
