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 […]
Dymond Garrett is Glad You’re Listening
TNT Youth Leader on #NeverAgain TNT youth leader Dymond Garrett has written a searing but hopeful piece for Youth Radio about the #NeverAgain movement, growing up […]
After Parkland, TNT Youth Leaders Speak
Young Oakland Voices Heard The outrageous, unnecessary destruction of lives in Parkland, Florida, has rightly inspired great sympathy for the grieving. For many (though somehow not […]
TNT Behind San Quentin’s Walls
Inmates Preach the Value of Freedom On a sun-splashed, blue-sky, spring-like winter day in February, some of our Teens on Target youth leaders went behind the […]
The Lesson of Charlie Jones
A Goal & a Little Help There’s a lesson in Charlie Jones’s success. At least his success so far; Charlie’s only 15, a client in our […]
Street Smart AND School Smart
I’m Brandon Lee Vega I was born in East L.A. My family moved to Oakland when I was 13 because my mom was looking for a better […]
Trauma Screening, Awareness, Relief through “START”
START(ing) to catch on! With inspiring results coming in every day (see chart which records decreases in frequency of symptoms), with more and more young people […]
Youth ALIVE! named a 2017 Oaklandish Innovator
2017 Innovator Award to Youth ALIVE! Youth ALIVE! is thrilled once again this year to announce that our Teens on Target (TNT) Youth Leadership program has […]
All 11 2016 Teens on Target grads are off to college
All 2016 TNT Grads Attending College Graduation season is always bittersweet at Youth ALIVE!’s Teens On Target program. This year, 11 of our youth leaders at […]
Teens on Target Youth Leaders Take the City
It’s the most active and exciting time of year for our Teens on Target youth leaders. Since late January and on through the spring, TNT teams […]