"Life without goals... is like basketball without baskets." - Lee Rubin
Upcoming Alumni Events
2025
May 8 - GED Graduation
June 13 - Citizenship Celebration
Alumni Happenings
GED Graduation Celebration
On Thursday, May 9, we gathered to celebrate our most recent GED graduates. We were proud to have 16 graduates walk across the stage at CCAC Allegheny to celebrate this hard-earned achievement – with one graduate who passed their last section of the GED just hours before the ceremony!
Jamillia Kamara Covington, M.Ed., provided the crowd with a wonderful speech, and singer Dejah Monea once again joined us as a guest singer.
As always, our favorite part of the GED Graduation Celebration is when we invite graduates, family members, and friends to come up and share some kind words during the open mic. Children congratulated their parents, parents encouraged their children to keep moving forward, and neighbors and friends shared how proud they were of the graduates. The theme of the evening was certainly “this is just the beginning." Graduates also spoke about how thankful they were to have the support of their family and friends, as well as the dedication of their Literacy Pittsburgh instructors.
When asked what their greatest accomplishments have been since getting their GED, our graduates reported exploring new college and career opportunities, getting accepted into higher education, starting college and trades programs, growing their families, getting new jobs, and getting promotions at work. Congrats, graduates! We are so proud of you!
Alumni Spotlight
Imagine choosing between finishing high school or caring for your sick grandmother. That’s the dilemma Kali had to face. She chose family. When her grandmother passed away, young Kali went to “a very dark place,” she says. She was down but not defeated. When she found out about Literacy Pittsburgh’s high-school equivalency preparation program, she knew she had found a way to move forward. Kali began taking classes at Literacy Pittsburgh's Beaver County branch after her husband returned home from a military assignment and their daughter Layla was born. This past November, Kali passed her GED tests and received her high-school equivalency diploma. That very day she brought cupcakes—and her adorable daughter Layla—to the Literacy Pittsburgh offices to celebrate.
