Urgent Appeal for Immediate Action: The SNAP Crisis and the Imperative to End the Government Shutdown October 30, 2025 The Honorable Donald J. Trump President of the United States The Honorable JD Vance Vice President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 The Honorable Chuck Schumer Senate Minority Leader The Honorable Steve Scalise Senate Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Mike Johnson S

For Immediate Release 💥 IMMEDIATE CRISIS ALERT: YPJF Launches Massive 12-County, 10,000+ Inquiry Food Card Lifeline as SNAP Benefits Crisis Looms! 🚨 AUSTIN, Texas—Oct. 29, 2025— The Youth Peace and Justice Foundation (YPJF), a 501c3 non-profit charity also known as The Uvalde Foundation For Kids, has expanded its emergency operations to address the looming November SNAP benefits crisis impacting Texas families. The foundation today issued an urgent call for community supp

The Nexus of Hunger & Conflict: A Socio-Ecological Analysis of Youth Violence in the Wake of Acute SNAP Disruption Abstract/Executive Summary This expert-level analysis regenerates the core thesis that politically motivated disruption of core social safety nets constitutes a profound act of structural violence, directly activating established criminogenic pathways and undermining long-term community peacebuilding efforts. The current or imminent disruption of the Supplement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨 CRITICAL URGENT APPEAL: Youth Peace and Justice Foundation Seeks Immediate Donations to Sustain Food Security for Texas Children Amid SNAP Crisis 🚨 AUSTIN, Texas—Oct. 29, 2025— The Youth Peace and Justice Foundation (YPJF), also known as The Uvalde Foundation For Kids nonprofit charity, today issued a critical, urgent call for community support to sustain its massive emergency food card assistance program. Since the announcement of the program's expa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🍎 Youth Peace and Justice Foundation Provides Emergency Food Help to Bell County Families Facing SNAP Cuts and New Rules BELL COUNTY, Texas—Oct. 27, 2025— UPDATE 3 November 2025 The Trump administration agreed today, Monday, to comply with court orders requiring the federal government to partially fund SNAP benefits using contingency, or emergency, funds. More than 40 million Americans were left in limbo as funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistanc

The Cultural Imperative: Tactical De-escalation, Policy Volatility, and the Foundational Shift Towards Non-Violent Civil Action in the United States Introduction: The Dual Crisis and the Mandate for Cultural Transformation The United States currently confronts a complex, interlocking crisis defined by two primary forms of violence: endemic physical violence, exemplified by the persistent national epidemic of gun deaths, and pervasive cultural violence. This cultural violence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Youth Peace and Justice Foundation to Hire Professional Staff, Moving Past All-Volunteer Model: Strategic Shift Follows Rebranding, Enhanced Financial Transparency, and Collective Commitment to National Youth Mission Clarity TEMPLE, Texas – Oct. 20, 2025 – The Youth Peace and Justice Foundation (YPJF), which operates as the public face (DBA) of the Uvalde Foundation for Kids, is launching a new two-year plan called, " Professionalizing for Impact " (P4I)

The Civil Rights Blueprint: A Strategy for 21st-Century Youth Justice Executive Summary The Youth Peace and Justice Foundation (YPJF) asserts that modern youth activism, seeking peace and structural justice, must adopt the strategic discipline of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement (CRM). While the CRM targeted de jure segregation with a unified goal and nonviolent direct action, today's movements confront de facto inequality across diffuse issues—from gun violence and economic s

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer West Title: Media Relations Lead, "Youth Peace & Justice Foundation," Releases Brief As ICE Community Conflicts Increase Nationwide YOUTH PEACE & JUSTICE FOUNDATION AMBASSADORS ISSUE DECLARATION MANDATING TACTICAL DE-ESCALATION AND NON-VIOLENT CIVIL ACTION AMIDST WORSENING URBAN CONFLICTS NATIONWIDE NEW YORK, NY – October 20, 2025 – The Student Ambassador Team of the Youth Peace & Justice Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) organization d

Youth Impact Initiative: A Collaborative Peace and Justice Initiative ​ Project Goal ​The core goal of the Youth Impact Model Initiative is to address the root causes of conflict  in a community by fostering sustainable collaboration, shared understanding, and collective impact  among diverse young people. We aim to to move beyond competitive, single-issue, responsive approaches, while advocating for and creating community change, by emphasizing shared leadership and meaningf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Uvalde Foundation for Kids Takes Full Ownership of Past, Rebrands as The Youth Peace & Justice Foundation with Mandate for Total Transparency and Governance Reform TEMPLE, Texas (Oct. 18, 2025) — The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, a national non-profit dedicated to ending violence and promoting student safety, today announced a complete organizational restructuring and rebrand under the new name, The Youth Peace & Justice Foundation. This strategic chan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Anti-Violence Organization Announces Strategic Rebrand: Focused Mission, Enhanced Transparency, and New Leadership for National Impact TEXAS – October 16, 2025 – The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, the national anti-violence non-profit founded in the wake of the 2022 Robb Elementary tragedy, today announced a comprehensive organizational transformation. This strategic shift, implemented after three years of operation; includes a new name, a consolid

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Uvalde Foundation for Kids Applauds Arrest of Iowa Superintendent, Demands Answers from District 27 September 2025...

Uvalde Foundation for Kids Applauds Camp Mystic’s Resilient Reopening for 100th Anniversary, Pledges Significant Sponsorship and Ongoing...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 September 2025 The Uvalde Foundation for Kids Announces Launch of its 4th Annual, "Trees of Hope" Christmas Tree...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Student Advocacy & Violence Prevention Nonprofit, Unveils National Monument Series to Honor Youth Lost to Gun Violence as part of its "Trees For Peace," Initiative TEXAS – September 18, 2025 – Youth Peace & Justice Foundation, also known as The Uvalde Foundation For Kids, a national nonprofit dedicated to student advocacy and the prevention of school violence, formed in response to the 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas; today unveiled details

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Uvalde Foundation For Kids, National Violence Prevention & Student Advocacy Group, Responds to North Codorus...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7 September 2025 Gun Violence Prevention Group, Formed After Mass Shooting In Texas, To Award Heroism Award To...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Uvalde Foundation For Kids (UPDATED) (Kerr County, Texas) 7July 2025 Now when we look up at the night sky each...

Uvalde Nonprofit Formed After 2022 Texas Massacre Plants 3 Trees In Memory Of Harper Moyski Ahead of a planned Sunday, September 14, 2025...