CHILDREN AT THE CENTER - POLICY ADVOCACY

Published: June 13, 2015, 1:14 p.m.

Jade Harrell with Alex J. Stallings, Director of Advocacy and Communications with Deaconess and Evan Krauss, Director of East Side Aligned. Children and families are invited to join the community leaders for an open house at the recreation complex featuring inflatable games, music, face painting, a balloon artist, a reptile show, dance performances and more! Day will also include informational tables, policy workshops and a session on advocacy for parents. All activities are free and open to the public. Children at the Center Celebrating Families. Advocacy for all Children. Saturday, June 20th 9am-2:30pm location: Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center 101 Jackie Joyner Kersee Cir, East Saint Louis, Illinois 62204 In the spirit of our faith heritage, the mission of Deaconess Foundation is to improve the health of the Metropolitan St. Louis Community and its people. East Side Aligned is working to create the conditions that equip every child within Greater East St Louis for success in school, work and life through facilitating a process to align policy, practice and investment across sectors. This is a collective impact process aiming to improve outcomes for young people.