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Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice has as its goal the leadership development and formation of young people for a life of peace and justice. We have found that the key to a successful youth development program is to be able to engage youth and inspire them to leadership through civic participation, while remaining attentive to their multiple developmental needs. Our goal for youth leadership is that it be geared towards activism and civic engagement. We work for the eventual rebuilding of this community in the South Bronx and molding leaders who are capable of leading change here and in the world.
Our work with young people and the community is accomplished within the context of the following 6 centers.
 The fires that led to the devastation of the South Bronx in the late 60's and early 70's still rage in my mind. I witnessed them day after day as a little girl perched on the ledge of my ninth floor window in the Bronx River Public Housing Projects. I was too little to understand things like "Planned Shrinkage", "Urban Renewal", "Divestment" and "white flight" back then. All I knew is that they were frightening and tumultuous times for me and all of the children of the South Bronx.
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