{"id":22064,"date":"2015-12-03T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=22064"},"modified":"2015-12-03T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T19:38:00","slug":"pan-african-association-teaches-refugees-english-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/pan-african-association-teaches-refugees-english-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan-African Association teaches refugees English (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ryan Connelly Holmes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">When a refugee arrives to the United States, English language training is an essential part of integration and future success.\u00a0These classes are offered by a variety of refugee resettlement and social service agencies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.panafricanassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pan-African Association (PAA)<\/a>, located in Edgewater, is one of those organizations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/147761041?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/147761041\">Pan-African Association teaches refugees English<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user33062839\">Medill Reports<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pan-African Association opened its doors in 2003 and has provided English classes to refugees since 2010. The agency started working with African refugees, but has grown to serve clients from all over the globe.<\/p>\n<p>On Mondays and Wednesdays PAA\u00a0offers English Language Training in the morning and reading classes in the evening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Students study English in the morning class at Pan-African Association. (Ryan Connelly Holmes\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ryan Connelly Holmes When a refugee arrives to the United States, English language training is an essential part of integration and future success.\u00a0These classes are offered by a variety of refugee resettlement and social service agencies. 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