JCPL and our Adult Leaning Center are celebrating Literacy Awareness Month! Our Adult Learning Center (ALC) offers free tutoring services to help residents improve their English language communication skills and prepare for many exams, including the High School Equivalency and citizenship tests. The ALC offers free online resources to help improve reading, writing and grammar.
We also have a variety of resources available for adults who need to improve their basic literacy skills. Tutoring sessions are personalized and based on individual challenges and goals. A dedicated group of volunteers and ALC staff deliver all of our services throughout the JCPL system. If you would like to become a tutor, no previous tutoring experience is needed. Contact the ALC here.
Welcoming Week 2024
Welcoming Week is an annual celebration and campaign organized by Welcoming America that encourages communities to be welcoming places for all residents, including immigrants. From September 13 to 22, the Adult Learning Center’s goal is to consciously help our neighbors feel seen, welcome and included in our community.
Be a Welcomer
Download and personalize an “I Am a Welcomer” sign to demonstrate your dedication to creating a welcoming community. Then, post a picture with your sign on social media using #WelcomingWeek2024.
Follow us on Facebook or Instagram as we share examples of how our community fosters a welcoming environment!
Welcoming Week 2024 daily themes:
- Friday, September 13: Launch day
- Saturday, September 14: Civic Engagement
- Sunday, September 15: Connected Communities
- Monday, September 16: Economic Development
- Tuesday, September 17: Citizenship Day (U.S. and Australia)
- Wednesday, September 18: Education
- Thursday, September 19: Equitable Access
- Friday, September 20: Government and Community Leadership
- Saturday, September 21: Safe Communities
- Sunday, September 22: Closing day
Cultural Fair
Transport yourself around the world and form friendships with your international neighbors! Stop by our Clark Pleasant Branch Library on Saturday, September 14, from 1 to 4 p.m. to:
- Learn from the Franklin College International Club.
- Do yoga with Junko.
- Enjoy food from around the world.
- Make an international magnet souvenir.
- Tour the “International Museum”.
- Learn about JCPL’s Transparent Language service, and how it can help you learn a new language!
- Donate toiletry items for use by Exodus Refugee Immigration to help refugees in Indiana.
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