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Muhammad Ali in the fight to learn
math.
“She’s from a totally different cul-ture
— she’s from the mountains, and
I’m from Section 8 housing,” Jumoke
says. “We ended up really clicking. She
became like a second mother to me.”
Jumoke worked with his tutor for
two years and earned his GED in 2010.
He is now married, has three children,
serves as president of CFCC’s Student
Government Association, is on the
literacy council’s board of directors and
has been involved with other nonprofits.
“Redemption is possible,” Jumoke
says. “It takes a lot of hard work and
sacrifice.”
He plans to graduate this year, transfer
to a university to further his studies
and become a youth counselor.
“They are changing lives,” Jumoke
says of the literacy council. “I’m living
proof.”
Literacy and English
Located on South 17th Street in a
small building filled with books, the
Cape Fear Literacy Council offers free
tutoring, classes and a computer lab
for Adult Basic Literacy, English for
Speakers of Other Languages and
family literacy programs.
The council has about 80 adult
literacy students and about 80 second
language students for English, staff
members say.
A budget of about $400,000 covers
skill books, testing and staff time, with
revenues mainly from grants, donations
and fundraisers, such as the “Breakfast
at Tiffany’s” Gala on March 2. Besides
three full-time staff members and four
part-time workers, the council has
more than 150 volunteer tutors and
teachers and another 200 volunteers
who help with fundraising, special
events, mailings and other projects,
council officials say.
“We’re truly volunteer-driven,”
says the nonprofit’s adult basic literacy
director, Yasmin Tomkinson, who
started as a tutor herself.
She recalls a student: “He was
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