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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Ebony Magazine: Anti-Gang Programs Approach Violence As a Disease. YA's Executive Director Featured.
Posted November 28, 2015
EBONY MAGAZINE During one of the presentations at this year’s American Public Health Association conference, researchers and activists gathered to discuss violence as a contagion.
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Essence Magazine: Youth ALIVE! Intervention Specialists Featured
Posted March 21, 2014
ESSENCE MAGAZINE After a young Oakland mother was shot in front of her kids, one of her first visitors was Youth ALIVE!
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Success Story: From Victim to Community Leader
Posted March 21, 2014
In 2008, Caheri Gutierrez, a young model from one of Oakland’s most dangerous neighborhoods, was shot in her beautiful face and nearly killed in a drive-by.
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Teens Finding Success as Community Leaders
Posted March 21, 2014
Teens on Target, Youth Alive!’s peer education program, is training teens to be community leaders and educators and is successfully helping young people find positive alternatives to violence.
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Doctors Recommend PTSD Screening for Civlians
Posted March 5, 2014
NBC NEWS Youth ALIVE!’s Caught in the Crossfire client Jean Eason, Intervention Specialist Ray Estrada and Executive Director, Anne Marks were featured on NBC News.
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Oakland Effect: the profound physical effect of toxic stress
Posted April 14, 2012
Oakland Tribune By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune This is an excerpt from reporter Scott Johnson’s blog, which focuses on the impact of violence and trauma on the community.
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Shootings Soar in Oakland; Children Often the Victims
Posted January 15, 2012
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER JAN. 7, 2012 Five-year-old Gabriel Martinez Jr. died Dec. 30, shot as he played under a streetlight near his father’s taco truck on an East Oakland street corner.
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Delays for Paramedics Draw Criticism in Oakland
Posted December 18, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER DEC. 17, 2011 Gunshots cracked the air on a sunny morning as two men led a group of high school teachers on a tour of a violent area of West Oakland.
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After 20 years, Youth Alive continues its fight to end gun violence among Oakland’s young people
Posted November 30, 2011
OAKLAND NORTH By Amina Waheed Posted November 29, 2011 11:07 am Over 22 years ago, Deane Calhoun sat in a meeting that would forever change her life and the lives of thousands of Oakland teens.
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