YA! Staff Back in Sac
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 […]
TNT Youth Leaders Meet Policymakers
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 […]
Hope in a Time of Pain
Respond with Hope – From a speech given last month in Sacramento in which Youth ALIVE! Policy & Advocacy Director Gabriel Garcia spoke about our work. […]
Survivors’ Voices Raised in Sacramento
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 […]
Hear The Voices of Survivors
Survivors Needs & Rights On the first day of October we gathered with our comrades at Broken By Violence (BBV) and Crime Survivors for Safety & […]
Video: Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing
A Youth ALIVE! Documentary – Where There is Violence, There Can Be Healing is a 12-minute film about the work of our programs for violence prevention, […]
New 100K Fund to Help Victims of Violence
Inspired by YA! Advocacy – The City of Oakland’s new $100K fund to cover towing fees for victims of violent crime is in the news. Advocacy […]
Youth ALIVE! in New York Times as part of a mom’s busy week
Moms Demand Action founder visits YA The June 6, 2019 Edition of the New York Times included a “work diary” of a week in the life […]
On to the Assembly!
The Journey of SB 299 Continues – In May, SB 299, our bill to make victims of police violence eligible for victim compensation and to expand […]
Historic Proposal for Violence Prevention Funding
Governor Proposes $200M – Gun violence — and its human toll in lives lost and devastated victims and families — has risen in Oakland and across […]