Honorable Young Men Club's 'Back 2 School Jam-Munity'

Jacob Wiegand

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Moments from the Honorable Young Men Club's “Back 2 School Jam-Munity” event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. “This is something that we don’t really see that much as far as kids having stuff to do out in the community. And, umm, what a way to just start the year off right,” Honorable Young Men Club co-founder Kweku Arkorful, originally of Ghana and now Cape Girardeau, said. “Our goal is just continue to bring that community together so that it’s not all segregated and we just have just one village.”

Honorable Young Men Club co-founder Kweku Arkorful, originally of Ghana and now Cape Girardeau, and fellow co-founder Cantrell Andrews of Cape Girardeau, left, lead a group in multicultural dance during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Alivia Garmon, 13, front right, and Taylor Banks, 12, left in black, and Alivia's mother Sasha Garmon, back in yellow, all of Cape Girardeau, dance during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
David Mansfield, 14, of Sikeston, Missouri, reaches for a basketball near Nygal Russell of Houston, who plays on Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team, during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
David Mansfield, 14, of Sikeston, Missouri, attempts to put up a shot next to Honorable Young Men Club co-founder Kweku Arkorful, originally of Ghana and now Cape Girardeau, right, and Nygal Russell of Houston, who plays on Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team, in white, during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jacob Gary, 15, originally of Sikeston, Missouri, and now Cape Girardeau, holds a basketball while playing during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Honorable Young Men Club co-founder and youth mentor Wyky Jean, originally from Pompano Beach, Florida, and now Cape Girardeau, left, meets with Nygal Russell of Houston, who plays on Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team, during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Nygal Russell of Houston, who plays on Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team, puts up a shot while guarded by Deonta Depree of Cape Girardeau near Jacob Gary, 15, originally of Sikeston, Missouri, and now Cape Girardeau, left in red, during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kris Owens, 15, of Cape Girardeau, right, smiles while playing basketball next to Jacob Gary, 15, originally of Sikeston, Missouri, and now Cape Girardeau, during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Rashard Townsend, 14, of Cape Girardeau, plays dodgeball during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Nygal Russell of Houston, who plays on Southeast Missouri State University's men's basketball team, center in white, puts up a hand to Deonta Depree of Cape Girardeau before the start of a dodgeball game during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Dodgeball players run for the balls at the start of a game during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Raymond Jackson, 12, of Cape Girardeau, foreground, plays a game of dodgeball during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
David Mansfield, 14, of Sikeston, Missouri, plays a game of dodgeball during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
David Mansfield, 14, of Sikeston, Missouri, facing forward, hugs Honorable Young Men Club co-founder Cantrell Andrews of Cape Girardeau during the Honorable Young Men Club's "Back 2 School Jam-Munity" event Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Indian Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)