Teens on Target on NPR
Posted February 20, 2019
Beyond Parkland NPR speaks with “Oakland Kids Who Experience Gun Violence Every Day” Ajahnay Cooper. Photo courtesy of James Tensuan, NPR.
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Violence Is A Public Health Issue
Posted February 20, 2019
YA! featured in Pacific Standard Youth ALIVE!, National Network of Hospital Based Violence Intervention (NNHVIP), and peer programs like Cure Violence joined together to talk violence as a public health issue in a recent Pacific Standard article on gun violence and the search for a cure:
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Our Impact in 2018
Posted December 20, 2018
What we did together in 2018 - Donate Today!
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Meet Oakland's Violence Interrupters
Posted November 5, 2018
And see the acclaimed documentary Youth ALIVE!’s Violence Interrupter team Tuesday, November 13, 6:45 p.m. The New Parkway 474 24th Street Oakland $12/$10 (seniors and students) Purchase tickets November 13, 7 p.
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New California Law Increases Victim Access to Help
Posted November 5, 2018
YA! Legislative Advocacy Update Dymond Garrett and other TNT Youth Leaders in Sacramento Even as Washington grows more hostile to newcomers and people of color, the State of California continues to increase fairness and access to critical support and services.
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Teens Transformed at TNT
Posted October 30, 2018
YA!’s Daniel Roman Takes Us Inside Endia McCowan, Fremont High TNT youth leader TNT kicked off the new school year by doing what it does best – making connections.
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Hundreds of Healers Gather in Denver
Posted October 18, 2018
Healing Justice Alliance a Mile High YA! Violence Interrupters Juan and Doral, and ED Anne in Denver. Once each year, usually in late summer or early fall, like migrating birds, they gather.
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Ricardo Garcia-Acosta on KALW's Your Call
Posted October 17, 2018
“Jobs Save Lives. Jobs Stop Bullets” Youth ALIVE!’s Ricardo Garcia-Acosta was a guest on KALW’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar recently, for a panel discussion of community-based efforts to increase safety and prevent violence.
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From Parkland to Oakland
Posted August 28, 2018
Our Annual Report 2017-2018 The report we release today, Listening to Our Youth: From Parkland to Oakland, lists results from all of our programs.
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YA! Advocacy
Posted August 28, 2018
Seeking Change that Lasts There’s more than one way to change the world. The East Oakland students who started our Teens on Target youth leadership program back in 1989 sought to create a safer community through two approaches: education and advocacy.
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