A New Vision for Public Safety
Community Violence Prevention In the Guardian, Youth ALIVE! Executive Director Anne Marks, Intervention Director Kyndra Simmons, Man Up! Inc founder AT Mitchell, and Cure Violence CEO […]
Making our Healing Work Reimbursable
Intervention is Healing – Violence is a public health issue. The best way to prevent or reduce violence, and to sustain that reduction is to treat […]
Youth ALIVE! and our Director recognized by Oakland Magazine
Among 6 Nonprofit Leaders in Oakland: From Giving Back: Six Local Nonprofit Leaders Making a Big Difference – “Marks first fell in love with Youth ALIVE! […]
Our “Unsung Heroes” recognized in The Guardian
Executive Director publishes Op Ed The unsung heroes of Oakland’s drastic decline in gun homicides. Gun violence is a health crisis. More policing isn’t the solution […]
Guardian Series Looks at Drop in Violence
What Caused the Drop? In a new series introduced this week, The Guardian will be examining the causes and effects of the decline in violent crime […]
Violence Is A Public Health Issue
YA! featured in Pacific Standard Youth ALIVE!, National Network of Hospital Based Violence Intervention (NNHVIP), and peer programs like Cure Violence joined together to talk violence […]
Trauma is the virus
Violence as a public health isssue Congress heard an important message in April about violence as a public health issue. An all-star panel featuring Youth ALIVE! […]
Another Upside to the Affordable Care Act
Youth ALIVE! ED Quoted in New York Times Article on ACA Among the many thousands of Americans who finally have health insurance thanks to the ACA, which […]
Ebony Magazine: Anti-Gang Programs Approach Violence As a Disease. YA’s Executive Director Featured.
EBONY MAGAZINE During one of the presentations at this year’s American Public Health Association conference, researchers and activists gathered to discuss violence as a contagion. They […]
Doctors Recommend PTSD Screening for Civlians
NBC NEWS Youth ALIVE!’s Caught in the Crossfire client Jean Eason, Intervention Specialist Ray Estrada and Executive Director, Anne Marks were featured on NBC News. The […]