Priorities for Reimagining Public Safety
Letter to City Council and the Mayor – Youth ALIVE! is Oakland’s anchor community organization for violence prevention, intervention, and healing. Our community of staff, volunteers, […]
Biden Executive Order Sees YA! Program as Key
White House Supports Prevention Youth ALIVE! created the nation’s very first hospital-based violence intervention program, Caught in the Crossfire (CiC), in 1993. Now a new White […]
YA! Experts Advise Biden-Harris Transition Team
Open Ears at the Top – Prior to January’s Presidential Inauguration, several Youth ALIVE! staff members were invited to address members of the Biden-Harris transition team […]
A New Vision for Public Safety
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 […]
More States and Cities Funding Community Intervention
Sherman Spears’ Inspiration – A July 2019 article in The Trace opens with an excellent summary of how Oakland’s (and Youth ALIVE!’s) Sherman Spears was inspired […]
Hospital-Based Violence Intervention in The Guardian
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 […]
Making our Healing Work Reimbursable
Intervention is Healing – Violence is a public health issue. The best way to prevent or reduce violence, and to sustain that reduction is to treat […]
Cure Violence founder on treating violence as an epidemic
YA! & Caught in the Crossfire cited: Hundreds of studies have now demonstrated this contagious nature – even across many types of violence. The research shows that […]
Youth ALIVE! and our Director recognized by Oakland Magazine
Among 6 Nonprofit Leaders in Oakland: From Giving Back: Six Local Nonprofit Leaders Making a Big Difference – “Marks first fell in love with Youth ALIVE! […]
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 […]