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Healed People Heal People

Posted August 22, 2022

Youth ALIVE!’s Annual Report 2021-2022 -

Filled with stories, pictures and program results, this year’s report is really all about the difficult task of healing after violence, and the many things our programs and staff do to help people and our city heal. Because we know that, while violence leads to more violence, healing is also contagious. We see it every day; as our clients who came to us traumatized by an act of violence begin to regain their health and wholeness, they begin to help others do the same. Healed people heal people. Those are the stories you will find in this report from our staff, so many of whom have themselves been hurt by gun violence.

YA! and A Day of Action in Oakland

Posted July 29, 2022

Oakland is The Town, and a Village

In a Day of Action organized by Oakland District 7 Councilmember Treva Reid, service organizations from across the city spread out up and down eight blocks of International Boulevard yesterday to engage the community and to raise awareness of available assistance and support for everything from housing to violence prevention.

Leadership Transition

Posted June 29, 2022

A Season of Change at Youth ALIVE!

It is with anticipation and appreciation that the Board of Directors announces Anne Marks’s upcoming departure as Executive Director of Youth ALIVE!.

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A Visit from Barbara Lee

Posted June 7, 2022

Rep. Lee Meets with YA! Clients, Staff -

Action > Thoughts and Prayers

Posted May 27, 2022

The State Takes Action on Gun Violence

During Grim Time, California Assembly Generates Hope Through Passage of Violence Prevention Bills

Legislation includes groundbreaking bill that covers violence prevention services under Medicaid

510 Reasons for Hope

Posted May 11, 2022

Our Very Good 510 Day -

A message to our friends, from Lauren, Anne, Carlos, Mike, Gabe, Paris, Juan, Jim, Caheri and the entire YA! staff and board:

It's National Crime Victims' Rights Week

Posted April 26, 2022

For Victims’ Rights, Access & Equity!

YA! Staff Back in Sac

Posted April 6, 2022

Advocacy for a Victim Recovery Support -

Traumatized victims should have access to the crucial healing work of violence prevention professionals like those on the staffs of our programs. That was the point made forcefully before the Legislature in Sacramento on April 5th by YA! Policy and Advocacy Director Gabriel Garcia and former YA! Intervention Director Kyndra Simmons. Gabriel and Kyndra were testifying in support of AB 1929, a bill to create a Community Violence Prevention and Recovery Program under the Medi-Cal system.

TNT Youth Leaders Meet Policymakers

Posted April 5, 2022

Oakland Youth Voices Heard -

KQED looks at the surge in violence

Posted March 9, 2022

Relationships Over Politics

All of our programs, whether for violence prevention, intervention or healing, rely on building positive, trusting relationships with the people we serve. It is why our staff is recruited from the community we serve, and it is why they are gifted entry into the lives of people in crisis, whey they are permitted to support them in their journey to healing. It is a thing people like YA! staffers Andrea Piazza or Marilyn Harris or Ernest Ynostrosa can do that the police would struggle to do if they were interested: to gain the trust that allows you to make a difference in someone’s life. KQED radio spoke with YA!’s Khadafy Washington Project Manager Jasmine Hardison recently about the surge in violence we have seen in the past two years. Naturally, Jasmine talked about relationships: