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!
Read More...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.
Read More...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.
Read More...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.
Read More...A COVID-19 announcement - Dear Community, On March 13th, (when OUSD schools closed), all non-essential Youth ALIVE! activities moved to remote and virtual platforms.
Read More...In the Midnight Hour: Hoops - Coach Omari Sinclair’s Midnight Basketball team was 3 - 2. This year, for the first time, Oakland held a midnight basketball league in winter.
Read More...Help for Grieving Mothers - A bill in the State Assembly’s current session seeks to help more families of homicide victims obtain financial assistance to pay for funerals and other expenses in the aftermath of violence.
Read More...Warriors Back in The Town - L to R: YA!’s Doral Myles and Paris Davis, Warrior Klay Thompson, YA’s Ricardo Garcia-Acosta and John Torres.
Read More...An Urgent Plea from TNT - Gregory Hampton, right, in San Diego at the Team Enough Summit with friend and fellow TNT youth leader, Jaymes Fitzpatrick.
Read More...YA! & Caught in the Crossfire cited: Hundreds of studies have now demonstrated this contagious nature – even across many types of violence.
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