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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • Let's Fund Prevention not Prisons!

    Posted May 24, 2019

    Your help is needed! The California Senate, Assembly and Governor are preparing the state budget now. Please call ASAP. The California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) grant program was created is California’s only dedicated source of state support for community-based violence reduction strategies like the Prevention, Intervention and Healing programs of Youth ALIVE!

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  • TNT on the road in San Diego

    Posted May 22, 2019

    TNT, The Voice of the Community: Teens on Target youth leaders Gregory Hampton and Jaymes Fitzpatrick, juniors – and best friends – at Castlemont High School in East Oakland, traveled recently to a student summit on gun violence in San Diego.

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  • Youth ALIVE! Featured in ACES Connection

    Posted May 7, 2019

    ACES, Trauma, & Healing at Youth ALIVE! Some of this year’s TNT youth leaders and staff at Castlemont High School

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  • Let's change the law!

    Posted March 13, 2019

    We Advocate for a Better California Youth ALIVE! knows that in order to achieve our goals of a safe, equitable and just community, we need to change the conditions we live in.

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