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When Families of Homicide Victims are Denied Aid

Posted March 12, 2020

Help for Grieving Mothers -

A bill in the State Assembly’s current session seeks to help more families of homicide victims obtain financial assistance to pay for funerals and other expenses in the aftermath of violence.

Kerr, Curry and Thompson Hear About Violence Reduction

Posted March 11, 2020

Warriors Back in The Town -

TNT youth leader Greg Hampton on gun violence crisis

Posted February 19, 2020

An Urgent Plea from TNT -

Cure Violence founder on treating violence as an epidemic

Posted January 31, 2020

YA! & Caught in the Crossfire cited:

Hundreds of studies have now demonstrated this contagious nature – even across many types of violence. The research shows that when an individual is exposed to violence as a victim or witness – in their community, at home or in war – they become more at risk of developing violent behaviors. The brain is picking up the violence it sees and copying it, much like the Aids virus replicates in a person.

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Youth ALIVE! and our Director recognized by Oakland Magazine

Posted December 20, 2019

Among 6 Nonprofit Leaders in Oakland:

From Giving Back: Six Local Nonprofit Leaders Making a Big Difference -

State Assembly Panel Comes to Oakland

Posted December 18, 2019

Testimony on violence & mental health:

A report from Gabriel Garcia, YA! Advocacy Manager -

YA!'s Nicky MacCallum's Assembly testimony: the affects of gun violence on youth mental health

Posted December 18, 2019

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. Nicky is a healer and an internationally-recognized expert in trauma. Here’s what she had to say and her recommendations:

Our "Unsung Heroes" recognized in The Guardian

Posted December 13, 2019

Executive Director publishes Op Ed

The unsung heroes of Oakland’s drastic decline in gun homicides. Gun violence is a health crisis. More policing isn’t the solution – it lies with communities themselves

by Anne Marks, Youth ALIVE! Executive Director

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!’s Caught in the Crossfire.

A Movement Rising: the health approach to reducing violence

Posted August 26, 2019

Youth ALIVE!’s Annual Report:

At Youth ALIVE!, we believe in approaching daily violence as a public health conundrum, not a criminal justice one. We believe the scourge and trauma of violence can be permanently reduced by bringing to bear a combination of science, healthcare, compassion and community, to prevent, to heal, and to make high rates of violence in our cities a thing of the past. Our just-released annual report, A Movement Rising: The Health Approach to Reducing Violence, summarizes the most recent results Youth ALIVE!’s violence prevention, intervention and healing programs have achieved in the lives of young people, with your help.