Cafe Society is a weekly series designed to foster a more robust civil society, more cohesive and interactive communities, greater media literacy, and a more informed and engaged citizenry through weekly coffee shop conversations about contemporary social issues.

Current media reports serve as stimulants for the conversations. In addition to weekly discussions, quarterly public forums will explore critical issues related to media literacy. A new and improved DIY Cafe Society Toolkit will offer guidelines for thinking critically about the news.

About the Public Square

The Public Square is a program of the Illinois Humanities Council that creates spaces for public conversations about social, cultural and political issues with an emphasis on social justice.

Impact

Participants will have:

• Deeper understanding of news/journalism

• Greater interest in/consumption of news

• Community action/involvement based on news discoveries

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