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.
Read More...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.
Read More...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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