Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice

Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice was founded in 1994, after drug dealers' attempt to burn down a local parish inspired neighborhood youth to organize themselves in protest. As the first neighborhood youth center in the Soundview/Bruckner and Bronx River neighborhoods of the South Bronx, which suffer disproportionately from poverty, pollution, and violence, YMPJ works to rebuild these communities by preparing young people to become prophetic voices for peace and justice.