We are Oakland’s community-based violence prevention, intervention, and healing agency.
Our Programs
Get Tickets to Youth Alive’s 510 Day Kick-Off Fundraising Breakfast
Youth ALIVE!’s annual fundraiser to kick off 510 Day is back — and it’s the event of the season. Join us for a powerful morning celebrating the transformative impact of community-rooted violence prevention and healing returning to beautiful Sequoyah Country Club at 4550 Heafey Rd, Oakland, CA 94605.
This event sells out every year — purchase your ticket today and be part of the movement.
Tickets:
General Admission: $65
VIP: $100
Table Captain: $1,500 (table for 10)
Sponsorship opportunities available.
For more information, contact Lauren Greenberg at lgreenberg@youthalive.org.
prevention
Stopping Violence Before it Starts
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Teens on Target
Teens on Target trains high school students to educate their peers about how to prevent violence, mediate conflicts, and advocate to improve the safety of their own communities to elected officials and the public.
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intervention
Mediating Conflicts and Defusing Tensions
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Violence Interrupters
Our guardians of peace delicately navigate tension within our community, extinguishing individual and group conflicts and stopping violence before it starts.
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Caught in the Crossfire
Our Intervention Specialists meet survivors of violence at their hospital bedside and provide practical and logistical services to support healing, discourage retaliation, and return survivors to their communities.
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Hometown Heroes Fellowship
The Hometown Heroes Fellowship is a workforce development initiative that builds the next generation of credible messengers and community leaders in the field of community violence prevention.
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Pathways
Pathways connects at-promise youth with experienced Intervention Specialists to provide various post-release services, including educational assistance, legal aid, employment support, mentoring, and life skills training.
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healing
Moving Forward on your Journey
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Khadafy Washington Project
We serve nearly 100% of families of Oakland homicide victims with financial, emotional, and practical support in the aftermath of losing a loved one to violence.
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Counseling Services
We provide healing-centered individual and group counseling sessions to support individuals impacted by trauma and violence.
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advocacy
Changing policy to change lives
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Legislative Action
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.
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Advocacy for Change
Youth Alive’s advocacy work is centered around the experiences of our youth, clients, and staff. We create platforms to hear, capture, and share their stories to better inform how policymakers, community leaders, and Youth Alive supporters understand the human impact of violence and the need to prioritize violence prevention, intervention, and healing.
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