Doctors Recommend PTSD Screening for Civlians
NBC NEWS Youth ALIVE!’s Caught in the Crossfire client Jean Eason, Intervention Specialist Ray Estrada and Executive Director, Anne Marks were featured on NBC News. The […]
Oakland Effect: the profound physical effect of toxic stress
Oakland Tribune By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune This is an excerpt from reporter Scott Johnson’s blog, which focuses on the impact of violence and trauma on the […]
Shootings Soar in Oakland; Children Often the Victims
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER JAN. 7, 2012 Five-year-old Gabriel Martinez Jr. died Dec. 30, shot as he played under a streetlight near his father’s […]
Delays for Paramedics Draw Criticism in Oakland
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER DEC. 17, 2011 Gunshots cracked the air on a sunny morning as two men led a group of high school […]
After 20 years, Youth Alive continues its fight to end gun violence among Oakland’s young people
OAKLAND NORTH By Amina Waheed Posted November 29, 2011 11:07 am Over 22 years ago, Deane Calhoun sat in a meeting that would forever change her life and […]
Occupy movement turns to extending appeal to broad segments of U.S. population
Oakland Tribune By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune November 2, 2011 OAKLAND — Daniel Wilkerson has a hard time relating to most of what he hears coming from […]
In the Crossfire
NEED Magazine Excerpt from Issue #5, November 2008 Homicide is the leading cause of death for young people in Oakland. “Stand up if someone close to […]
The High Cost of Gun Violence
EAST BAY EXPRESS June 4, 2008 By Matthew Green On a Sunday afternoon in June of 2006, a young man we’ll call Michael Robinson was shot six […]
Five TNT Teenagers
OAKLAND NORTH December 2010 FIVE TEENAGERS talk about living with violence and trying to do something about it. Ivan Brand says no one has the right […]