Cooking up community: Library’s free program brings together literacy, food
Posted by Free Library of Philadelphia on September 16, 2025
Edible Alphabet has been offered since 2016. It has two goals, said Lindsay Southworth, the senior program manager of adult education and language learning at The Free Library of Philadelphia.
“The main goals of the program are to help participants grow their English skills and feel more confident in English communication, learn more about the library and feel ownership over the different library resources and that these are things that they can access, that they can tell their friends and their family and their community and their neighbors about it,” Southworth said.
“It is also to help people build community and connections in Philadelphia, whether they’re new to the city, or they’ve lived here for many years but are working on their English skills and their community connections. It’s a really important part of the class.”
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