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. This is why Youth ALIVE! strongly supports the following bills in 2019. Check our legislative advocacy page for updates.
As part of the ongoing national conversation around gun violence, brought to the forefront with the anniversary of the Parkland School shooting, NPR produced this documentary. The film offers teens from different backgrounds a platform to share their thoughts, fears and stories. This collaboration is another one in which Youth ALIVE!’s TNT students stepped up to the plate.
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:
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.
