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  • 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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