As an LLC member, you'll join active, intellectually curious adults from many career paths. A flexible schedule and a love of learning are the only prerequisites.
We are 500+ members strong from 37 cities and towns throughout Rhode Island as well as neighboring Massachusetts and Connecticut and a number of members from other states participating by Zoom.
Course registration is open to all members of the Lifelong Learning Collaborative. Annual membership dues are a very modest $40.
Membership Benefits
- Plan and participate in LLC courses, events and social activities
- Cultural events, walking tours, area theaters and museums
- Free Webinars
- Enjoy the company of others as you explore and learn together
- Have the opportunity to share your ideas, talents, and expertise
- Voting privileges at membership meetings
Lifelong Learning Collaborative (LLC) is an independent, not-for-profit, membership organization located in Providence, Rhode Island. Our mission is to provide mature adults with a variety of interactive opportunities for lifelong education – seminars, lectures, cultural events and social activities – in a pleasant, accessible environment at a reasonable cost. Joining LLC is a great way to meet other people who share your interests.
LLC's New Member Satisfaction Guarantee
If you’ve never been a member of LLC before, give us a try! Pay the membership dues ($40), sign up for one of our terrific courses, and enjoy stimulating learning, discussion, and socializing. We are sure you will be pleased, but if you're not, we will refund your membership dues. Here's how it works.
- Pay the $40 annual membership dues to join LLC.
- Select a course from the catalog, pay the course fee and take the course.
- Shortly after the end of the course, we will send you a brief survey asking for your opinions on several aspects of your experience.
- At the end of the survey, you’ll have the opportunity to request refund of your membership dues by simply checking Yes, I want to continue as an LLC member, or No, please cancel my membership and refund my dues.
- If you choose to request a refund, we will send you a check for the dues amount you paid and your membership in LLC will be cancelled.
- If at any time in the future you wish to rejoin LLC, you will be asked to pay the annual membership dues in effect at that time and the fees and expenses for any course(s) or events you wish to attend.
- The dues refund offer can only be used once.
GET THE BEST CHANCE TO GET INTO THE COURSE(S) YOU WANT! Many LLC classes fill up very quickly on the first day of registration. We therefore advise you to join LLC before semester registrations opens. This will save you time when you actually register for a class.
Membership Directory
LLC’s Membership Directory – a handy tool for keeping in touch with other members – is distributed electronically to members in the Fall.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER and would like a copy of the directory, please use the button below.
“I started when it was at Brown University, then we came here and it has been a terrific venue for me to learn, to meet people. The quality and level of the courses are really phenomenal.”
Liliana Fijman, Pawtucket
“I really enjoy the courses and, of course, the people!”
Ancelin Wolfe, Medway, MA
“As recent transplants, it’s been a great way to meet people in Rhode Island. My wife and I started out doing the Theater Conversations course together. We’ve probably been in six sessions of that; it’s a great class, we love it and we’ve become friends with a number of people in the class. The Cell Phone Photography Club is my favorite; we have a great time here. My wife does all the art classes, everything she can get into. She loves the camaraderie and the help she gets from other people in improving her art. She likes the criticism, she likes the sharing – it’s really great.”
Eric Cohen, Providence