Among 6 Nonprofit Leaders in Oakland: From Giving Back: Six Local Nonprofit Leaders Making a Big Difference - YA! Executive Director Anne Marks addresses the conference of the National Network of Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs (NNHVIP)
Read More...Testimony on violence & mental health: Oakland experts on the impact of violence on youth mental health. A report from Gabriel Garcia, YA!
Read More...Expert Testimony In December, Youth ALIVE!’s Counseling Services Director Nicky MacCallum testified at a State Assembly hearing on the impact of gun violence on youth mental health.
Read More...Executive Director publishes Op Ed The unsung heroes of Oakland’s drastic decline in gun homicides. Gun violence is a health crisis.
Read More...2019 Successes in Sacramento: Great work this year by several California legislators has made us all safer, by addressing such issues as police use of force, the staggering inequity in which young people of color get suspended at school, the length of time traumatized victims have to apply for compensation to aid their healing, and the level of funding for life-saving violence intervention programs like Youth ALIVE!
Read More...Youth ALIVE!’s Annual Report: Click to read a virtual version of YA!’s new annual report. At Youth ALIVE!, we believe in approaching daily violence as a public health conundrum, not a criminal justice one.
Read More...TNT Youth Leaders on KALW: Even when they’re sharing their expertise on critical topics, like how violence affects their communities and how to prevent violence, the voice of youth is a refreshing sound.
Read More...What Works to Reduce Violence: Hard to believe, given the repeated bloodshed occurring in cities all over the United States, but in reality, violent crime rates have fallen across the country and in the Bay Area.
Read More...TNT Wows DC: Teens on Target youth leaders lead panel discussion at Gun Sense University in Washington. For Teens on Target (TNT), ‘summer break’ is not your typical vacation.
Read More...Celebrating Success: Sometimes you just have to take time out to assess and appreciate your progress. Last week, we took a brief break from the hard work of preventing and overcoming violence to celebrate how far our clients have come and to express our appreciation to the social workers of Highland Hospital, who we work with to support victims of violence in Oakland.
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