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 […]
More States and Cities Funding Community Intervention
Sherman Spears’ Inspiration – A July 2019 article in The Trace opens with an excellent summary of how Oakland’s (and Youth ALIVE!’s) Sherman Spears was inspired […]
Hospital-Based Violence Intervention in The Guardian
Early Intervention Brings Victims Hope – An article in The Guardian features illuminating interviews with two former victims of gun violence who were clients of Youth […]
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 […]
Cure Violence founder on treating violence as an epidemic
YA! & Caught in the Crossfire cited: Hundreds of studies have now demonstrated this contagious nature – even across many types of violence. The research shows that […]
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 […]
In California, a winning year for fairness and safety policy
2019 Successes in Sacramento: Great work this year by several California legislators has made us all safer, by addressing such issues as police use of force, […]
A Movement Rising: the health approach to reducing violence
Youth ALIVE!’s Annual Report: At Youth ALIVE!, we believe in approaching daily violence as a public health conundrum, not a criminal justice one. We believe the […]
Dinner Honors Clients, Highland Social Workers
Celebrating Success: Sometimes you just have to take time out to assess and appreciate your progress. Last week, we took a brief break from the hard […]