Kyndra on Facebook Live - Intervention Director Kyndra Simmons joined Rep. Barbara Lee and Black Lives Matter founder Alicia Garza on FB Live on June 5, 2020 to discuss police brutality: Watch the entire conversation here.
Read More...In KWP, Khadafy’s Inspiration Lives On - This August 4 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Khadafy Washington, in whose memory our program to help families of homicide victims, the Khadafy Washington Project, is named.
Read More...Community Violence Prevention In the Guardian, Youth ALIVE! Executive Director Anne Marks, Intervention Director Kyndra Simmons, Man Up! Inc founder AT Mitchell, and Cure Violence CEO Gary Slutkin make the very strong case that effective community violence prevention and intervention have been happening across the country for years; results show that the community can itself can do much to reduce the need for and presence of law enforcement in our neighborhoods.
Read More...Jasin gets a car! Jasin on an educational visit to San Quentin with the OK Program and Youth ALIVE!’s TNT.
Read More...Sherman Spears’ Inspiration - Sherman Spears in 2013 A July 2019 article in The Trace opens with an excellent summary of how Oakland’s (and Youth ALIVE!
Read More...TNT on KALW - Graduating Teens On Target (TNT) youth leaders from East Oakland, Gregory Hampton (Castlemont Hight) and Seven Curley (Fremont High), were guests on KALW’s Your Talk Radio, where they discussed the impact of violence against people of color on and the lack of justice for victims of racist violence.
Read More...Youth ALIVE! Supports Protests - “A riot is the language of the unheard.” - Martin Luther King Jr. Youth ALIVE! wholeheartedly supports the protests and the demands for justice and police accountability.
Read More...We need your help to preserve critical funding in the State budget for violence prevention and intervention programs.
Read More...TNT Voices & Insights - TNT youth leaders from Castlemont and Fremont high schools were asked by Youth Today to give their thoughts on life during the pandemic and especially on violence an violence prevention in this difficult time.
Read More...Early Intervention Brings Victims Hope - An article in The Guardian features illuminating interviews with two former victims of gun violence who were clients of Youth ALIVE!
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