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 […]
2020 Candidates See Gun Violence As Public Health Issue
Youth ALIVE! at Vegas Forum: The 2020 Democratic candidates for President gathered in Las Vegas in early October to talk about gun safety in America, and […]
TNT Goes to Washington
TNT Wows DC: For Teens on Target (TNT), ‘summer break’ is not your typical vacation. In early August, Youth ALIVE!’s tireless TNT Violence Prevention Educators and […]
YA Intervention Manager on Community-Driven Solutions to Violence
Ricardo on the Radio Our Intervention Manager Ricardo Garcia-Acosta spoke with the Real News Network, Baltimore, and as always did a great job of informing the […]
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 […]
TNT on the road in San Diego
TNT, The Voice of the Community: Teens on Target youth leaders Gregory Hampton and Jaymes Fitzpatrick, juniors — and best friends — at Castlemont High School […]
Barbara Lee Joins YA!’s Honorary Advisory Council
And TNT Leaders Meet Michelle Obama We are thrilled to announce that the East Bay’s great congressional representative Barbara Lee is joining Youth ALIVE!’s Honorary Advisory […]
Former TNT Youth Leader Smooth Wickliff in The Guardian
Smooth on Giving up the Gun On the eve of last month’s March for our Lives, the Guardian sought commentary from current and former Teens on […]
Success Story: From Victim to Community Leader
In 2008, Caheri Gutierrez, a young model from one of Oakland’s most dangerous neighborhoods, was shot in her beautiful face and nearly killed in a drive-by. […]
Oakland Effect: the profound physical effect of toxic stress
Oakland Tribune By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune This is an excerpt from reporter Scott Johnson’s blog, which focuses on the impact of violence and trauma on the […]