KPIX CBS New Bay Area: Youth Alive! Responding to Juneteenth Shooting in Oakland

In California, a winning year for fairness and safety policy

Posted November 27, 2019

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!

A Movement Rising: the health approach to reducing violence

Posted August 26, 2019

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.

That Voice of Experience Sounds So Young

Posted August 8, 2019

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.

The Trace Looks at Community Violence Prevention

Posted August 8, 2019

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.

TNT Goes to Washington

Posted August 8, 2019

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.

Dinner Honors Clients, Highland Social Workers

Posted June 20, 2019

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.

Guardian Series Looks at Drop in Violence

Posted June 20, 2019

What Caused the Drop? In a new series introduced this week, The Guardian will be examining the causes and effects of the decline in violent crime in the Bay Area, and especially in Oakland.

YA Intervention Manager on Community-Driven Solutions to Violence

Posted June 20, 2019

Ricardo on the Radio Our Intervention Manager Ricardo Garcia-Acosta spoke with the Real News Network, Baltimore, and as always did a great job of informing the world about what is happening in Oakland to prevent violence and support victims.

Youth ALIVE! Chosen Nonprofit of the Year

Posted June 20, 2019

Honored by Sen. Skinner Kyndra Simmons, DiShawn Barnett, Sen. Nancy Skinner and Carlos Jackson in Sacramento Youth ALIVE! is proud to announce its selection as a 2019 California Nonprofit of the Year by California State Senator Nancy Skinner.

You Are Not Alone

Posted May 29, 2019

A Violence Intervention Case Study: Intervention and Counseling staffers (from left) Ricardo Garcia-Acosta, Angelina Gutierrez, JD Rhone and Lupe Serrano-Lopez.

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In California, a winning year for fairness and safety policy

Posted November 27, 2019

A Movement Rising: the health approach to reducing violence

Posted August 26, 2019

That Voice of Experience Sounds So Young

Posted August 8, 2019

The Trace Looks at Community Violence Prevention

Posted August 8, 2019

TNT Goes to Washington

Posted August 8, 2019

Dinner Honors Clients, Highland Social Workers

Posted June 20, 2019

Guardian Series Looks at Drop in Violence

Posted June 20, 2019

YA Intervention Manager on Community-Driven Solutions to Violence

Posted June 20, 2019

Youth ALIVE! Chosen Nonprofit of the Year

Posted June 20, 2019

You Are Not Alone

Posted May 29, 2019

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