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  • Torres & Hardison Discuss the Toll of Violence in the Guardian

    Posted December 2, 2020

    Impact on Youth & Families -

    YA! Deputy Director John Torres

    Shootings and homicides have increased this year in Oakland and there are many reasons why. This article in The Guardian considers various causes for the increase but, more importantly, it describes in painful detail the toll this violence is taking on youth, families, and on those who are out there trying to provide support to victims. It features thougthful commentary from Youth ALIVE!’s Deputy Director John Torres and our Khadafy Washington Project Coordinator Jasmine Hardison, whose team of crisis responders supports families of homicide victims in the immediate aftermath of a killing. In the article, Jasmine discusses her own painful journey toward healing and what she is seeing in Oakland this year: “Mothers are scrambling and holding each other up. I’ve walked in those shoes so I can help them with getting their loved ones’ arrangements together and at the same time keep my son’s legacy alive.”

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  • Thank You! (The Donating Continues...)

    Posted November 16, 2020

    Fundraiser Update:

    So far, with the support of our community, we were able to raise over $80,000 towards our

    goal. As we mentioned at last night’s event, our site will be open until Wednesday, November 18th. If you were not able to make a donation last night and would still like to, please click go to our donation site.

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  • YA! Deputy Director John Torres on Telemundo 48

    Posted October 26, 2020

    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 de la violencia en el condado de Alameda, y nuestras estrategias para apoyar a los afectados. Mira el reportaje de 2:45 minutos aquí:

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  • Now More Than Ever: Community-Driven Public Safety Solutions

    Posted October 13, 2020

    Our 2019-2020 Annual Report

     

    Stories, results, program descriptions, pics and more!

    If you want to see what the community is doing to prevent violence and heal itself, read our new annual report all about our programs for violence prevention, intervention and healing.

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  • Expand Our Community Circle...

    Posted October 8, 2020

    November 15th on Youtube -

    We’ve moved our annual fundraiser online…

    Just like everybody else!

    Sunday, November 15

    5:00 to 5:45 p.m

    Youtube

    Join us in Expanding our Community Circle

    It will be a brisk program featuring some of the incredible people our programs support, people affected by violence whose resilience and relentlessness we’re certain will move and inspire**.**

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  • Tuesday Town Hall on OPD Use of Force Policies

    Posted September 18, 2020

    Have Your Say Tuesday at 5 -

     

    Panelists

    Brandon D. Anderson- Founder, Raheem Survey Allyssa Victory- Use of force expert, ACLU Isha Rosemond- Leadership & Advocacy Coordinator, MISSSEY

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

    Posted August 5, 2020

    Kyndra on Facebook Live -

    Intervention Director Kyndra Simmons joined Rep. Barbara Lee and Black Lives Matter founder Alicia Garza on FB Live on June 5, 2020 to discuss police brutality: Watch the entire conversation here.

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  • From Pain and Loss Came a Gift of Love

    Posted August 3, 2020

    In KWP, Khadafy’s Inspiration Lives On -

    This August 4 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Khadafy Washington, in whose memory our program to help families of homicide victims, the Khadafy Washington Project, is named. Khadafy was shot and killed on the campus of McClymond’s High School in West Oakland, just a few short weeks after he had graduated. It was a devastating loss. But Khadafy’s memory lives on in the great kindness he inspired. In the months and then the years after Khadafy’s death, his mom, Marilyn Washington Harris, dedicated her life to serving families who found themselves in the same situation she was in on that awful August day in 2000: alone, confused, shocked, frightened, with no idea where to turn and no one to help her. Marilyn would never let that happen to another grieving mother or family in Oakland. She created the Khadafy Washignton Foundation for Non-Violence and, at Youth ALIVE!, founded the Khadafy Washignton Project, our program that meets families in the immediate aftermath of a homicide to help them through their darkness and pain, to help them obtain victim compensation, plan funerals, and take care of themselves and their loved ones. Twenty years later, Marilyn is still tirelessly there for grieving families in Oakland, embracing them, giving them hope.

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  • A New Vision for Public Safety

    Posted July 27, 2020

    Community Violence Prevention

    In the Guardian, Youth ALIVE! Executive Director Anne Marks, Intervention

    Director Kyndra Simmons, Man Up! Inc founder AT Mitchell, and Cure Violence CEO Gary Slutkin make the very strong case that effective community violence prevention and intervention have been happening across the country for years; results show that the community can itself can do much to reduce the need for and presence of law enforcement in our neighborhoods. Read their piece here - ‘Time for a New Vision’: violence is a public health issue that requires community driven solutions.

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