Founded in 1994, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (YMPJ) works in the Bronx River, Bruckner and Soundview neighborhoods in the South Bronx. YMPJ is a center for urban ministry dedicated to fostering peace and justice through youth and community organization and development.
At the heart of YMPJ's mission is a framework, which defined young people by their potential to make social change. YMPJ promotes the development of indigenous leadership by mobilizing the already existing capacities of young people to reconstruct and sustain their community.
We believe that young people have the power to mobilize, to develop their own capacity for self-reliance, and to participate in issues that affect their well-being, lives and communities.
We believe that through dialogue, sharing, collaboration and organization, young people can define and construct the conditions of our common existence.
This vision constitutes our spiritual wellspring. It animates our movement, centers our actions, and has made a vocation of our advocacy.
1384 Stratford Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
t. 718.328.5622
f. 718.328.5630
updated: 10 JUL 2005
