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Empowering Adult Chicagoans through Education and Work Skills

​Literacy Chicago's mission is to empower individuals to achieve greater self sufficiency through language and literacy instruction. Since 1968, our dedicated volunteers and instructors have been teaching our students life changing skills.

News and Events

• 02/27/25 - Come join us for Authors' Night! Hear four Chicago-based authors read from their works and then chat with them in a cozy, intimate setting at Madison Street Books! Hurry, tickets are limited!

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• 06/05/25 - Our annual Gala, Literacy in Bloom, returns to the Glessner House in Chicago's South Loop.  Save the date! 

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Volunteers come to Literacy Chicago to help others.
They stay because of how much they get back!

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