Advocacy for Change
We use Youth Alive’s 30 years of experience and expertise in addressing violence and serving victims and survivors of crime to develop policy solutions at the local, statewide, and national level that are designed to save lives in Oakland and beyond.
About Advocacy for Change
To push for permanent, systemic solutions to the daily violence terrorizing our community and city, Youth Alive’s Advocacy for Change (A4C) program raises the voices of those most affected by violence. Through A4C the Youth Alive family–including clients, survivors, program staff, and our Teens on Target youth leaders–address city, state and federal leaders to advocate for sensible policies that reduce community violence and promote a public health approach to violence prevention. A4C works with violence prevention coalitions, proposes and analyzes policy, gives testimony to legislators, and conducts community outreach.