826DC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around our understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
With this in mind we provide drop-in tutoring, field trips, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications. All of our programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student's power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.
09.15.2010 - September 2010 Volunteer Orientation
10.13.2010 - October 2010 Volunteer Orientation
11.04.2010 - November 2010 Volunteer Orientation
Get Used to the Seats, 826DC’s newest publication, is on sale now. The seniors of Wilson and Cardozo High Schools came together in this poetic, practical high school how-to for freshman about surviving love, bullies, the perils of cheating and much more. Purchase your copy of Get Used to the Seats now.
The Way We See It: Complete Coverage of the Nation's Capital From the Inside Out is on sale now! Fiction, poetry, essays, and journalism by students at Cardozo High School offer a unique take on one of the most famous but most misunderstood cities in the world.
Purchase your copy of The Way We See It today.826DC (formerly Capitol Letters Writing Center) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation based in the District of Columbia. Our tax ID number is 26-2426166. Find out more about how you can help. Or see a list of things we need. Or see a list of our donors.
Sign up for our e-mail announcements list to receive updates on our status and upcoming events!
Inaugural In-class Workshop, 04/21/2008
Workshop at Learn-a-Palooza, 05/10/2008
Mixer, 05/13/2008
In-Class Workshop, 05/19/2008
Inaugural P+P Workshop, 05/25/2008
In-Class Drama Workshop, 06/16/2008
P+P Workshop, 06/29/2008
Trivia Night, 07/17/2008
PRO Urban Youth Workshop, 07/18/2008
PRO Urban Youth Workshop, 07/23/2008
Workshop with PRO Urban Youth 7/24, 07/24/2008
PRO Urban Youth Workshop, 07/29/2008
Workshop with PRO Urban Youth, 07/31/2008
P+P Workshop, 08/03/2008
Workshop with PRO Urban Youth, 08/05/2008
Workshop with PRO Urban Youth, 08/08/2008
PRO Urban Youth Workshop, 08/12/2008
Workshop with PRO Urban Youth, 08/15/2008
Workshop with PRO Urban Youth, 08/29/2008
P+P Workshop, 08/31/2008
After-school Tutoring, 09/15/2008
Happy Hour, 09/16/2008
After-school Tutoring, 09/22/2008
Zines for Teens at Politics & Prose, 09/28/2008
After-school Tutoring, 09/29/2008
Behind the Pop Song, 10/01/2008
This I Believe Part 1 (Group 1), 10/02/2008
Columbia Heights Day, 10/04/2008
After-school Tutoring, 10/06/2008
Workshop: "Telling Tales: Citizen Journalism for Teens", 10/06/2008
This I Believe Part 1 (Group 2), 10/08/2008
This I Believe Part 1 (Group 3), 10/08/2008
After-school Tutoring, 10/13/2008
This I Believe Part 2 (Group 1), 10/16/2008
This I Believe Part 2 (Group 2), 10/17/2008
This I Believe Part 2 (Group 3), 10/17/2008
After-school Tutoring, 10/20/2008
Workshop: "Telling Tales: Citizen Journalism for Teens", 10/20/2008
Cardozo Book Project: Fiction 1, 10/22/2008
Children and Young Adult Harvest Literacy Festival Workshops, 10/25/2008
Get Into My Head, 10/26/2008
After-school Tutoring, 10/27/2008
"Telling Tales: Citizen Journalism for Teens", 10/27/2008
Oct. 28 Fundraiser, 10/28/2008
Cardozo Book Project: Poetry 1, 10/29/2008
After-school Tutoring, 11/03/2008
Cardozo Book Project: Journalism 1, 11/05/2008
Workshop: Persuading the Masses, 11/06/2008
Workshop: Persuading the Masses, 11/06/2008
Workshop: Persuading the Masses, 11/07/2008
After-school Tutoring, 11/10/2008
Cardozo Book Project, 11/12/2008
Workshop: This I Believe at Wheatley Group 1 Part 1, 11/13/2008
Workshop: This I Believe at Wheatley Group 2 Part 1, 11/13/2008
After-school Tutoring, 11/17/2008
This I Believe: Revisions 1, 11/18/2008
Cardozo Book Project, 11/19/2008
Workshop: Whatta' Character!, 11/19/2008
Workshop: This I Believe at Wheatley Group 1 Part 2, 11/20/2008
Workshop: This I Believe at Wheatley Group 2 Part 2, 11/20/2008
November Post-Orientation Volunteer Happy Hour, 11/20/2008
This I Believe: Revisions 2, 11/21/2008
This I Believe: Revisions 3, 11/21/2008
After-school Tutoring, 11/24/2008
Cardozo Book Project, 11/26/2008
Workshop: Politics & Prose November, 11/30/2008
After-school Tutoring, 12/01/2008
Cardozo Book Project, 12/03/2008
Persuading the Masses Revisions / Filming, 12/03/2008
Persuading the Masses Revisions / Filming, 12/03/2008
Persuading the Masses Revisions / Filming, 12/04/2008
After-school Tutoring, 12/08/2008
Cardozo Book Project, 12/10/2008
This I Believe: Recording, 12/10/2008
This I Believe: Recording, 12/10/2008
Bringing Protagonists to Life, 12/11/2008
This I Believe: Recording, 12/11/2008
This I Believe - Final Session, 12/12/2008
This I Believe - Final Session, 12/12/2008
Sci-Fi Writing in the Content Areas, 12/15/2008
After-school Tutoring, 12/15/2008
Sci-Fi Writing in the Content Areas, 12/16/2008
Cardozo Book Project, 12/17/2008
After-school Tutoring, 12/22/2008
Workshop: Quest of the Hero 1, 01/07/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 01/07/2009
Workshop: Quest of the Hero 2, 01/08/2009
Workshop: Figurative Language and Poetry 1, 01/12/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 01/12/2009
Workshop: Figurative Language and Poetry 2, 01/13/2009
Workshop: Figurative Language and Poetry 3, 01/13/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 01/14/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 01/19/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 01/21/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 01/26/2009
Workshop: Writing Based on Photos, 01/26/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 01/28/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 02/02/2009
This I Believe, Eaton Elementary, Class 1 Session 1, 02/03/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 02/04/2009
This I Believe, Eaton Elementary, Class 2 Session 1, 02/04/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 02/09/2009
This I Believe, Eaton Elementary, Class 1 Session 1, 02/10/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 02/11/2009
This I Believe, Eaton Elementary, Class 2 Session 2, 02/11/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 02/16/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 02/18/2009
Wilson Slam Poetry Workshop 1, 02/18/2009
Wilson Slam Poetry Workshop 2, 02/18/2009
Wilson Slam Poetry Workshop 3, 02/19/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 02/23/2009
LAYC Next Step Opinion Writing 101 pt. 1, 02/24/2009
LAYC Next Step Opinion Writing 101 pt. 2, 02/24/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 02/25/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 03/02/2009
Expository Writing and Essay Organization, Coolidge High School, 1st period, 03/03/2009
Expository Writing and Essay Organization, Coolidge High School, 2nd period, 03/03/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 03/04/2009
Expository Writing and Essay Organization, Coolidge High School, 2nd period (2), 03/04/2009
Expository Writing and Essay Organization, Coolidge High School, 4th period, 03/04/2009
Expository Writing and Essay Organization, Coolidge High School, 3rd period, 03/05/2009
Expository Writing and Essay Organization, Coolidge High School, 4th period (2), 03/05/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 03/09/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 03/11/2009
Maya Angelou Workshop: 1929 and 2009: Comparing Literary Elements, 03/16/2009
Maya Angelou Workshop: Opinion Makin' & Zine Creatin' 1, 03/16/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 03/16/2009
Maya Angelou Workshop: Opinion Makin' & Zine Creatin' 2, 03/17/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 03/18/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 03/23/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 03/25/2009
IvyMount Lit Magazine 1, 03/26/2009
IvyMount Lit Magazine 2, 03/26/2009
IvyMount Lit Magazine 3, 03/30/2009
IvyMount Lit Magazine 4, 03/30/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 03/30/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 04/01/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 04/06/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 04/08/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 04/13/2009
Cardozo Book Project, 04/15/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 04/20/2009
Essay Writing F-U-N!, 04/21/2009
Celebrating Heroes and Sheroes, 04/27/2009
Celebrating Heroe Sheroes, 04/27/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 04/27/2009
Celebrating Heroes and Sheroes, 04/28/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 05/04/2009
Drop-in Tutoring, 05/11/2009
Wilson End of the Year Workshop 1, 05/12/2009
Wilson End of the Year Workshop 2, 05/12/2009
the lowercase: a reading series brought to you by Capitol Letters, 05/12/2009
Wilson End of the Year Workshop 3, 05/13/2009
KIPP Workshop - TBA, 05/13/2009
LOLZ: Comedy/Satire/Humor Writing at Maya Angelou 1, 05/28/2009
LOLZ: Comedy/Satire/Humor Writing at Maya Angelou 2, 05/29/2009
LOLZ: Comedy/Satire/Humor Writing at Maya Angelou 3, 05/29/2009
If I Ruled the World, 05/31/2009
"You Are Awesome": the CLWC Volunteer Appreciation Party, 06/13/2009
Politics and Prose Monthly Creative Writing Workshop, 06/28/2009
Going Green Workshops, 07/07/2009
Forecast: Brainstorm!, Part I, 07/08/2009
Be the Change Workshops, 07/09/2009
Asian American LEAD Newsletter, 07/09/2009
Forecast: Brainstorm!, Part II, 07/09/2009
Going Green Workshops, 07/14/2009
Be the Change Workshops, 07/16/2009
Asian American LEAD Newsletter, 07/16/2009
Going Green Workshops, 07/21/2009
'the lowercase', 07/22/2009
Be the Change Workshops, 07/23/2009
Asian American LEAD Newsletter, 07/23/2009
Politics and Prose Monthly Creative Writing Workshop - July 2009, 07/26/2009
Going Green Workshops, 07/28/2009
Be the Change Workshops, 07/30/2009
Going Green Workshops, 08/04/2009
Politics and Prose Monthly Creative Writing Workshop - August 2009, 08/30/2009
the lowercase - October 2009, 10/07/2009
Tween Workshop Series at Shaw Neighborhood Library - October 2009, 10/17/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo, 10/21/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson 10/22 1, 10/22/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson 10/22 2, 10/22/2009
Pimp My Bookcart - October 2009, 10/24/2009
Tween Workshop Series at Politics and Prose - October 2009, 10/25/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo, 10/28/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson 10/29 AP, 10/29/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson 10/29 ELL, 10/29/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 1, 10/31/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 10/31/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo, 11/04/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 1, 11/07/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 11/07/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo, 11/11/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 1, 11/14/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 11/14/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 1, 11/21/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 11/21/2009
Tween Workshop Series at Shaw Neighborhood Library - November 2009, 11/21/2009
Tween Workshop Series at Politics and Prose - November 2009, 11/22/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 1, 11/28/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 11/28/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo December, 12/02/2009
the lowercase - December 2009, 12/02/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson ELL December, 12/03/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson AP December, 12/03/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 12/05/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo December, 12/09/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson ELL December, 12/10/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson AP December, 12/10/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 12/12/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo December, 12/16/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson ELL December, 12/17/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson AP December, 12/17/2009
LAYC Upward Bound Session 2, 12/19/2009
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo January, 01/06/2010
the lowercase - January 2010, 01/06/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson ELL January, 01/07/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson AP January, 01/07/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo January, 01/13/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson ELL January, 01/14/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson AP January, 01/14/2010
Tween Workshop Series at Shaw Neighborhood Library - January 2010, 01/16/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo January, 01/20/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson ELL January, 01/21/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson AP January, 01/21/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Cardozo January, 01/27/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson ELL January, 01/28/2010
Book Project 2009 Workshops - Wilson AP January, 01/28/2010
Reading is Sexy: 826DC Book Swap Fundraiser, 01/30/2010
Tween Workshop Series at Politics and Prose - January 2010, 01/31/2010
the lowercase - February 2010, 02/03/2010
Moustache-a-Thon Shave-Off, 05/01/2010
Moustache-a-Thon Check In, 05/03/2010
the lowercase, 05/05/2010
Moustache-a-Thon Check In, 05/10/2010
Moustache-a-Thon Check In, 05/17/2010
Moustache-a-Thon Check In, 05/24/2010
Moustache-a-Thon Check In, 05/31/2010
the lowercase, 06/02/2010
Tween Workshop Series at Politics & Prose, 06/27/2010
the lowercase: a reading series (July), 07/07/2010