Is This Our Most Innovative Program?
Posted November 22, 2021
Healing’s Ripple Effect YA! Counseling Services Director Nicky MacCallum YA! Counselor Angelina Gutierrez All Youth ALIVE! programs are about healing and innovation.
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Hear The Voices of Survivors
Posted October 12, 2021
Survivors Needs & Rights YA!’s Jasmine Hardison and Paris Davis. On the first day of October we gathered with our comrades at Broken By Violence (BBV) and Crime Survivors for Safety & Justice (CSSJ) to view a brief, important documentary by and about survivors of violence, and to listen to the insights of a panel of survivors, including YA!
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Who Are The Victims of the Surge?
Posted September 28, 2021
YA!’s Paris Davis Interviewed - [ ](http://Inside the San Francisco Bay Area’s pandemic murder surge: ‘No one knows this pain but us’)The nation is aware of a general increase in gun violence, roughly coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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YA! KWP Coordinator talks surge in homicides
Posted September 27, 2021
Jasmine Hardison in The Guardian - A September 2021 article in The Guardian on Oakland’s 100th homicide of 2021 is a clear-headed assessment of the current surge in gun violence, and how it affects lower-income Black and Latino communities most.
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Saving Lives for 30 Years!
Posted September 20, 2021
Our 30th Anniversary Event Video - https://youtu.be/6o7fLO6W3pA With watch parties from Antioch to Oakland and friends and families tuning in all across the country, our 30th anniversary event, Saving Lives for 30 Years!
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Video: Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing
Posted September 20, 2021
A Youth ALIVE! Documentary - Image from the video: Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing is a 12-minute film about the work of our programs for violence prevention, intervention and healing in Oakland and beyond.
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We Never Stopped: Our Annual Report 2020-2021
Posted September 2, 2021
Youth ALIVE! Turns 30 - Today, Youth ALIVE! releases its 2020-2021 annual report, We Never Stopped: Preventing Violence & Saving Lives for 30 Years.
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New 100K Fund to Help Victims of Violence
Posted September 1, 2021
Inspired by YA! Advocacy - The City of Oakland’s new $100K fund to cover towing fees for victims of violent crime is in the news.
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Youth ALIVE! in New York Times as part of a mom's busy week
Posted August 30, 2021
Moms Demand Action founder visits YA The June 6, 2019 Edition of the New York Times included a “work diary” of a week in the life of Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action.
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White House Says: Credible Messengers a Must
Posted August 19, 2021
YA! ED on White House Panel - Youth ALIVE! is Oakland’s homegrown agency for violence prevention, intervention and healing. But we also have a national reputation and three decades of invaluable experience in our community.
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