YA!’s Violence Prevention Programs Featured
San Francisco Magazine With murders up, the police force depleted, and a mayor under threat of recall, 2011 was a very bad year for Oakland. To […]
Working to Reduce Violence in the Bay Area
KALW Your Call discussed programs working to make a difference in the Bay Area to halt gun violence and provide victims of violence with resources to […]
The Hidden Trauma of Living in Fear – YA on MSNBC
MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry interviewed Kyndra Simmons, Youth ALIVE’s Caught in the Crossfire Program Manager about PTSD being diagnosed in Oakland’s children. Aired December 15, 2015. See the full […]
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 […]
Essence Magazine: Youth ALIVE! Intervention Specialists Featured
ESSENCE MAGAZINE After a young Oakland mother was shot in front of her kids, one of her first visitors was Youth ALIVE! intervention specialist Rafael Vasquez. Soon […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shootings Soar in Oakland; Children Often the Victims
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER JAN. 7, 2012 Five-year-old Gabriel Martinez Jr. died Dec. 30, shot as he played under a streetlight near his father’s […]
Delays for Paramedics Draw Criticism in Oakland
NEW YORK TIMES By SHOSHANA WALTER DEC. 17, 2011 Gunshots cracked the air on a sunny morning as two men led a group of high school […]