Our “Unsung Heroes” recognized in The Guardian
Executive Director publishes Op Ed The unsung heroes of Oakland’s drastic decline in gun homicides. Gun violence is a health crisis. More policing isn’t the solution [...continue]
In California, a winning year for fairness and safety policy
2019 Successes in Sacramento: Great work this year by several California legislators has made us all safer, by addressing such issues as police use of force, [...continue]
2020 Candidates See Gun Violence As Public Health Issue
Youth ALIVE! at Vegas Forum: The 2020 Democratic candidates for President gathered in Las Vegas in early October to talk about gun safety in America, and [...continue]
TNT Goes to Washington
TNT Wows DC: For Teens on Target (TNT), ‘summer break’ is not your typical vacation. In early August, Youth ALIVE!’s tireless TNT Violence Prevention Educators and [...continue]
A Movement Rising: the health approach to reducing violence
Youth ALIVE!’s Annual Report: At Youth ALIVE!, we believe in approaching daily violence as a public health conundrum, not a criminal justice one. We believe the [...continue]
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A Movement Rising: the health approach to reducing violence
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Our “Unsung Heroes” recognized in The Guardian
Executive Director publishes Op Ed The unsung heroes of Oakland’s drastic decline in gun homicides. Gun violence is a health crisis. More policing isn’t the solution […]
In California, a winning year for fairness and safety policy
2019 Successes in Sacramento: Great work this year by several California legislators has made us all safer, by addressing such issues as police use of force, […]
2020 Candidates See Gun Violence As Public Health Issue
Youth ALIVE! at Vegas Forum: The 2020 Democratic candidates for President gathered in Las Vegas in early October to talk about gun safety in America, and […]