Advocacy for a Victim Recovery Support - See the testimony here. Traumatized victims should have access to the crucial healing work of violence prevention professionals like those on the staffs of our programs.
Read More...Oakland Youth Voices Heard - Last week, our Teens on Target (TNT) Youth Leaders and our Policy and Advocacy Director Gabriel Garcia met with State elected officials to discuss the need for violence prevention programs.
Read More...Relationships Over Politics YA!’s KWP brings hope, help and healing to families of Oakland homicide victims. All of our programs, whether for violence prevention, intervention or healing, rely on building positive, trusting relationships with the people we serve.
Read More...Respond with Hope - From a speech given last month in Sacramento in which Youth ALIVE! Policy & Advocacy Director Gabriel Garcia spoke about our work.
Read More...More claims rejected - YA!’s Jasmine Hardison Guardian reporters spoke with Khadafy Washington Project Manager Jasmine Hardison about the crucial role victims compensation plays in helping survivors of violence heal and get their lives back together:
Read More...Safety Now Rally’s Call to Action - It is true that Oakland has endured more than five decades of gun and gang violence that has destroyed lives, futures, communities, neighborhoods and the city’s reputation.
Read More...No Going Back - YA! Violence Interrupter Antoine Towers addresses rally As Oakland’s surge in gun violence continues, an informative February article in the San Francisco Chronicle looks at its possible causes, and ways to address it, from multiple perspectives, including law enforcement and community-based prevention programs like ours.
Read More...YA! Staff on Oakland’s Violent Year - YA! Violence Interrupter Antoine Towers As 2021 came to a close and the media sought to summarize a year of increased violence in Oakland and beyond, reporters sought out Youth ALIVE!
Read More...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.
Read More...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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