Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
Dublin Core
Title
Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
Subject
Walking Tour
Publisher
Digital East St. Louis
Date
072015
Rights
East St. Louis Culture by eaststlouisculture.org is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Format
East St. Louis Culture by http://eaststlouisculture.org is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Language
English
Coverage
East St. Louis, IL
Collection Items
Jackie Joyner Kersee Center : Soccer Fields
This image shows a soccer field that is behind the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. This field provides space for community members not only to play soccer, but also to have space to be outside and enjoy space to run and play together.
The Science Room at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
This image provides an inside picture of Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center's science room. This picture shows two small Black History posters that are displayed in the science room.
Wheaties Poster at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
This image shows a Wheaties flyer hanging inside of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. Jackie Joyner Kersee is featured on the poster jumping over a track hurdle.
The Basketball Gym at the Jackie Joyer Kersee Youth Center
This image provides an inside view of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. This building was built in 2001.
The Dance Room at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
This image provides an inside view of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Center dance room.
The Garden at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
The Jackie Joyner Youth Center Garden helps the community by grow vegetables and other crops by donating produce to charities. The Jackie Joyner Youth Center Garden is two years old and was started by a family farm.
The Magical Garden at Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
This is a close-up shot of the community garden at the Center, which provides food for people to eat.
The Soccer Feild at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
The soccer field at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center provides a safe, bright place for kids to play.
Statue in Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
Inside of the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center, there is a statue of the Center's namesake surrounded by pictures of her as well. Joyner Kersee is an Olympic Medalist who was born in East St. Louis.
The Ballet Room at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center
This picture shows the inside of one of the rooms at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center. There is a mural on the wall quoting Psalm 149:3 that says, "Let them praise His name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp."
Collection Tree
- Jackie Joyner Kersee Youth Center