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.
Read More...Times looks at ghost gun impact - Ghost guns are untraceable firearms without serial numbers, put together from parts acquired separately.
Read More...Healing’s Ripple Effect YA! Counseling Services Director Nicky MacCallum YA! Counselor Angelina Gutierrez All Youth ALIVE! programs are about healing and innovation.
Read More...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!
Read More...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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