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  • Happy Holidays! (but just in case they're not)

    Posted December 22, 2021

    Holiday Mental Health Resources: Some our TNT crew, youth leaders and staff. We wish all a wonderful holiday season, but we know that, for many people, it’s not the most wonderful time of the year.

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  • YA! ED Anne Marks on Surge in Violence

    Posted December 7, 2021

    SF Chronicle looks at surge - This San Francisco Chronicle piece by reporter Susie Neilson includes vast amounts of historic and national data on gun violence as well as commentary from our ED, Anne Marks, Brian Malte of the Hope & Heal Fund and Rev.

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  • YA! Violence Interrupter on Ghost Guns

    Posted December 7, 2021

    Times looks at ghost gun impact - Ghost guns are untraceable firearms without serial numbers, put together from parts acquired separately.

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  • Is This Our Most Innovative Program?

    Posted November 22, 2021

    Healing’s Ripple Effect YA! Counseling Services Director Nicky MacCallum YA! Counselor Angelina Gutierrez All Youth ALIVE! programs are about healing and innovation.

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  • Hear The Voices of Survivors

    Posted October 12, 2021

    Survivors Needs & Rights YA!’s Jasmine Hardison and Paris Davis. On the first day of October we gathered with our comrades at Broken By Violence (BBV) and Crime Survivors for Safety & Justice (CSSJ) to view a brief, important documentary by and about survivors of violence, and to listen to the insights of a panel of survivors, including YA!

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  • Who Are The Victims of the Surge?

    Posted September 28, 2021

    YA!’s Paris Davis Interviewed - [ ](http://Inside the San Francisco Bay Area’s pandemic murder surge: ‘No one knows this pain but us’)The nation is aware of a general increase in gun violence, roughly coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • YA! KWP Coordinator talks surge in homicides

    Posted September 27, 2021

    Jasmine Hardison in The Guardian - A September 2021 article in The Guardian on Oakland’s 100th homicide of 2021 is a clear-headed assessment of the current surge in gun violence, and how it affects lower-income Black and Latino communities most.

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  • Saving Lives for 30 Years!

    Posted September 20, 2021

    Our 30th Anniversary Event Video - https://youtu.be/6o7fLO6W3pA With watch parties from Antioch to Oakland and friends and families tuning in all across the country, our 30th anniversary event, Saving Lives for 30 Years!

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  • Video: Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing

    Posted September 20, 2021

    A Youth ALIVE! Documentary - Image from the video: Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing is a 12-minute film about the work of our programs for violence prevention, intervention and healing in Oakland and beyond.

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  • We Never Stopped: Our Annual Report 2020-2021

    Posted September 2, 2021

    Youth ALIVE! Turns 30 - Today, Youth ALIVE! releases its 2020-2021 annual report, We Never Stopped: Preventing Violence & Saving Lives for 30 Years.

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