Lt Gov Newsom, Mayor Schaaf Seek TNT Support
Posted October 17, 2016
Lt Gov Newsom & Mayor Schaaf Meet TNT Youth Leaders on Prop 63 Schaaf & Newsom at Castlemont You can learn a lot from the young people of East Oakland.
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25 Years of Prevention, Intervention & Healing: our Annual Report 2015-2016 is out!
Posted September 15, 2016
Read Youth ALIVE!’s Annual Report 2015-2016 Youth ALIVE! Releases Its Annual Report for 2015-2016 Youth ALIVE! celebrated our 25th year with the release of 25 Years of Prevention, Intervention & Healing, our Annual Report.
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Californa Attorney General Releases 2015 State Homicide Summary
Posted July 11, 2016
California State Attorney General Kamala Harris has released her office’s annual homicide report, for 2015. It is an important s ummary of who was killed, why, and who were the alleged killers.
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All 11 2016 Teens on Target grads are off to college
Posted June 23, 2016
All 2016 TNT Grads Attending College Ismael Hernandez is off to Sonoma State Graduation season is always bittersweet at Youth ALIVE!
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YA!'s Wazi Davis Named 2016 Torchbearer
Posted June 23, 2016
The Greenlining Institute recognized Wazi Davis in the fight for freedom, for opportunity, and to lift barriers of race and gender Wazi Davis Bears the Torch of Freedom Wazi receives the 2016 Torchbearer Award from the Greenlining Institute
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New Urban Gun Violence Report Looks at Solutions
Posted April 20, 2016
In the United States, young black men face a homicide rate 20 times higher than the national average. Healing Communities in Crisis: Lifesaving Solutions to the Urban Gun Violence Epidemic, from the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the PICO National Network, outlines solutions, through policy changes and intervention programs like Youth ALIVE!
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Teens on Target Youth Leaders Take the City
Posted April 20, 2016
It’s the most active and exciting time of year for our Teens on Target youth leaders. Since late January and on through the spring, TNT teams from Castlemont High and Life Academy have been taking their comprehensive violence prevention curriculum to middle school students throughout Oakland.
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YA!'s Violence Prevention Programs Featured
Posted April 4, 2016
San Francisco Magazine With murders up, the police force depleted, and a mayor under threat of recall, 2011 was a very bad year for Oakland.
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Working to Reduce Violence in the Bay Area
Posted January 28, 2016
KALW Your Call discussed programs working to make a difference in the Bay Area to halt gun violence and provide victims of violence with resources to keep them from the revolving cycle of gang violence.
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The Hidden Trauma of Living in Fear - YA on MSNBC
Posted December 15, 2015
MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry interviewed Kyndra Simmons, Youth ALIVE’s Caught in the Crossfire Program Manager about PTSD being diagnosed in Oakland’s children.
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