TNT Youth Leader's Academic Turnaround Rewarded
Posted July 27, 2020
Jasin gets a car! Jasin on an educational visit to San Quentin with the OK Program and Youth ALIVE!’s TNT.
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More States and Cities Funding Community Intervention
Posted June 23, 2020
Sherman Spears’ Inspiration - Sherman Spears in 2013 A July 2019 article in The Trace opens with an excellent summary of how Oakland’s (and Youth ALIVE!
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TNT Youth Leaders on Coping with Racism
Posted June 8, 2020
TNT on KALW - Graduating Teens On Target (TNT) youth leaders from East Oakland, Gregory Hampton (Castlemont Hight) and Seven Curley (Fremont High), were guests on KALW’s Your Talk Radio, where they discussed the impact of violence against people of color on and the lack of justice for victims of racist violence.
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The Language of the Unheard
Posted June 3, 2020
Youth ALIVE! Supports Protests - “A riot is the language of the unheard.” - Martin Luther King Jr. Youth ALIVE! wholeheartedly supports the protests and the demands for justice and police accountability.
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Take Action for Violence Prevention
Posted June 1, 2020
We need your help to preserve critical funding in the State budget for violence prevention and intervention programs.
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TNT Youth Leaders on Violence Prevention During the Pandemic
Posted May 29, 2020
TNT Voices & Insights - TNT youth leaders from Castlemont and Fremont high schools were asked by Youth Today to give their thoughts on life during the pandemic and especially on violence an violence prevention in this difficult time.
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Hospital-Based Violence Intervention in The Guardian
Posted May 4, 2020
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 ALIVE!
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Wisdom & Realness from TNT Youth Leaders
Posted April 20, 2020
TNT on KPFA’s Upfront - TNT youth leaders Greg and Jac kie were interviewed on KPFA Radio’s UpFront program in March to talk about life for young people in East Oakland during the shelter-in-place era.
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Free Online Legislative Briefing on April 21
Posted April 8, 2020
What’s the Talk in Sacramento? Youth ALIVE! Policy and Advocacy Manager Gabriel Garcia will speak live from Sacramento via Zoom on Tuesday afternoon, April 21st at 4 p.
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Making our Healing Work Reimbursable
Posted March 18, 2020
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 violence as an epidemic, to pay attention to those who suffer, to heal the trauma that acts like a virus in its rapid and virulent spread.
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