Link To Story - http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2012/01/18/210709/notables.html
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Malcom Reed, coordinator for the teen career academy at the Durham Literacy Center, has been awarded The Champions for Peace Community Service Award and the Presidents Volunteer Service Award called "The MLK Drum Major for Service Award." The award is given to people who are making a difference in the lives of young people and educators through their work.
Reed can see himself in many of the young people he works with to help stay connected to school. He works with young people, some of who have dropped out of school, and are now working on a GED. Before Reed got involved as a mentor and counselor for students at the Literacy Center, only about one in four GED students would pass the exam on their first attempt; today the rate is up to 97 percent. Without Reed, many of our students would continue to be dreaming about the life they could have if they could get a GED and get into college.
