From Parkland to Oakland
Our Annual Report 2017-2018 The report we release today, Listening to Our Youth: From Parkland to Oakland, lists results from all of our programs. It includes two […]
On June 21st, Meet Oakland’s Youth Activists for Gun Safety
Electric Times for Young Activists These are electric times for the young violence prevention activists like those in our Teens on Target (TNT) leadership program. […]
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 […]
We Are the Change!
Speaking Truth With Power Last Thursday in Sacramento Youth ALIVE! and Teens on Target youth leaders stood up and said “Enough is enough” and reminded the world that […]
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 […]
TNT takes on police/community relations
TNT hosts OPD at Castlemont forum This year Teens on Target is leading an effort to open up the lines of communication between the Oakland Police […]
TNT Youth Leader Speaks at Celebration
TNT Youth Leader Tells Her Story TNT Youth Leader, and new Castlemont High School graduate, Miracle Robinson gave a great speech at Youth ALIVE!’s 25th anniversary […]