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The Toll & The Heart – Shootings and homicides have increased this year in cities across America and here is no different. It is important to [...continue]

Now More Than Ever: Community-Driven Public Safety Solutions

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YA! Deputy Director John Torres on Telemundo 48

YA! DD JT on TV – Youth ALIVE! subdirector, John Torres, habló con Claudia Simones de Telemundo 48 News la semana pasada sobre el reciente aumento [...continue]

YA!’s Kyndra Simmons Talks Police Violence with Rep. Barbara Lee and BLM’s Alicia Garza

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