Five TNT Teenagers
Posted: December 14, 2004
OAKLAND NORTH December 2010 FIVE TEENAGERS talk about living with violence and trying to do something about it. Ivan Brand says no one has the right […]
Continue ReadingOakland Effect: the profound physical effect of toxic stress
Posted: April 14, 2012
Oakland Tribune By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune This is an excerpt from reporter Scott Johnson’s blog, which focuses on the impact of violence and trauma on the […]
Continue ReadingOccupy movement turns to extending appeal to broad segments of U.S. population
Posted: November 2, 2011
Oakland Tribune By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune November 2, 2011 OAKLAND — Daniel Wilkerson has a hard time relating to most of what he hears coming from […]
Continue ReadingAfter 20 years, Youth Alive continues its fight to end gun violence among Oakland’s young people
Posted: November 29, 2011
OAKLAND NORTH By Amina Waheed Posted November 29, 2011 11:07 am Over 22 years ago, Deane Calhoun sat in a meeting that would forever change her life and […]
Continue ReadingDelays for Paramedics Draw Criticism in Oakland
Posted: December 17, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER DEC. 17, 2011 Gunshots cracked the air on a sunny morning as two men led a group of high school […]
Continue ReadingShootings Soar in Oakland; Children Often the Victims
Posted: January 14, 2012
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER JAN. 7, 2012 Five-year-old Gabriel Martinez Jr. died Dec. 30, shot as he played under a streetlight near his father’s […]
Continue ReadingYA!’s Wazi Davis Named 2016 Torchbearer
Posted: June 23, 2016
The Greenlining Institute recognized Wazi Davis in the fight for freedom, for opportunity, and to lift barriers of race and gender Wazi Davis Bears the Torch of […]
Continue ReadingAll 11 2016 Teens on Target grads are off to college
Posted: June 23, 2016
All 2016 TNT Grads Attending College Graduation season is always bittersweet at Youth ALIVE!’s Teens On Target program. This year, 11 of our youth leaders at […]
Continue ReadingTeens on Target Youth Leaders Take the City
Posted: April 20, 2016
It’s the most active and exciting time of year for our Teens on Target youth leaders. Since late January and on through the spring, TNT teams […]
Continue ReadingNew Urban Gun Violence Report Looks at Solutions
Posted: April 20, 2016
In the United States, young black men face a homicide rate 20 times higher than the national average. Healing Communities in Crisis: Lifesaving Solutions to the Urban […]
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