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October 30, 2012:  GPLC's Family Literacy program is featured on WQED's  show Horizons with host Chris Moore.

Click here to watch the video.

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February 2012:  New GPLC PSAs airing on KDKA-TV (Sponsored by KDKA-TV)

Click here to view PSAs on YouTube video.

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November 2011:   GPLC is now a GED testing center.

GPLC is partnering with Intermediate Unit 1 to provide a centrally located GED testing Center in downtown Pittsburgh. GPLC is responding to the need for more GED testing sites in Pittsburgh since the closing of two other testing centers.  Please call 412.393.7600 to register to take your exam. Walk-ins will not be tested. You must register in advance. GPLC is located downtown at 411 Seventh Avenue. We look forward to serving you.

KDKA-TV Interviews GPLC about the 4th Annual Trivia Bowl...click below to view the video

KDKA-TV April 15, 2011, Interview - GPLC Trivia Bowl

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GPLC volunteer Bill Campbell is interviewed on television after being named the Outstanding Tutor in the state of Pennsylvania...click below to view the video

KDKA Sunday Business Page, May 14, 2011 - Interview Bill Campbell and Idario Santos

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GPLC alumnus Walter Long discusses literacy with CBS News reporter Byron Pitts....

A production crew from the CBS News Sunday Morning program visited Pittsburgh.  The team, featuring Sixty Minutes correspondent Byron Pitts, interviewed GPLC alumni Walter Long and LaVonne McKinstry and also sat in on classes held at GPLC's Downtown Center.

Pitts has visited more than a dozen literacy organizations around the country, and he says that GPLC rises above the crowd.  

The CBS Sunday Morning broadcast featuring GPLC aired on October 4, 2009.   Watch the video.  Click here.  (Actual broadcast plays approx. 30 seconds into the video.)
 

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GPLC – One Student’s Story

Clip #9, 17 seconds, Dave Kubit – GPLC Student
I SAW A BILLBOARD

Clip #7, 7.26 seconds, Dave Kubit
GRACE OF GOD

Clip #11, 9 seconds, Dave Kubit
I WAS VERY FORTUNATE

Clip #8, 11 seconds, Dave Kubit
I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE LITERACY COUNCIL

Clip #10, 6 seconds, Dave Kubit
IT OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD

Clip #12, 8 seconds, Dave Kubit
IF YOU HAVE A GOAL 

Clip #13, 4 seconds, Dave Kubit
I’M A WORK IN PROGRESS