CASL is carrying out a bilingual news literacy training workshop program for youth and adults in Chicago’s Chinatown.

The goal of the project is to develop critical thinking skills in handling news and other information.

About The Chinese American Service League

The Chinese American Service League (CASL) is a nonprofit community-based social service agency which strengthens the physical, economic and mental health of people of all ages and backgrounds in the Chinese community of greater Chicago since 1978. This is achieved through comprehensive programming offering activities that: 1) upgrade the family’s economic level, 2) strengthen family structures, 3) ease the cultural transitions of individuals and families into American society, and 4) engage in advocacy to achieve positive systemic social change.

Impact

• 80% of participants will know how to distinguish fact from fiction and opinion from propaganda.
• 75% of participants will know how to navigate the information the information found on myriad of news sources and types of media to produce credible information.
• CASL received a $40,000 one-year grant through 2013 from the McCormick Foundation.

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