Placing Youth on the Path to Success
THE APJ FOUNDATION
APJ Foundation focuses on creating meaningful social change for at-risk youth and young adults through coordinating systems, building partnerships, and providing services that strengthen mental health, career readiness, and economic sustainability.
Founded in 2021 after the tragic loss of Founder/CEO Abdullah Jamison’s son, Ayuri “Poppa” Jamison, to senseless gun violence, APJ Foundation was created to address the educational, emotional, intellectual, physical, and psychological needs of youth and young adults as a proactive deterrence to violence.
Through workforce development in automotive repair, automotive collision repair, and welding, along with mentorship, life skills, and financial literacy, APJ Foundation equips young people with the tools, support, and opportunities needed to build safer, stronger, and more sustainable futures.
AYURI X.M. JAMISON
On September 29, 2002, Ayuri Xavier Mansour Jamison also known as "Poppa" was born to Chandelle Rivera and Abdullah Jamison in York PA. Ayuri was a loyal son, brother, uncle, grandson, cousin, and friend to those he loved.
In 2020, Ayuri was excited to begin his senior year in high school and expand his role in his father's businesses. He worked side by side with his father at S&O Auto Sales, was a certified auto car detailer, and obtained his auto salesman license. Ayuri embraced the entrepreneurial lessons he acquired from his father and worked as a mobile tire technician for the family’s second business, S&O Mobile Tire Services.
On December 22, 2020, Ayuri's life was tragically taken. The APJ Foundation was erected in his honor with hopes of helping at-risk youth and young adults in York County, PA. The APJ Foundation will coordinate systems to leverage community-based support our youth need to meet challenges head-on, discover their strengths and make healthy choices.
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