Trauma is the virus
Violence as a public health isssue Congress heard an important message in April about violence as a public health issue. An all-star panel featuring Youth ALIVE! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Success story for Sacramento intervention program
East Bay gunshot victim a success story for Sacramento intervention program Sacramento Bee July 2011 By Kim Minugh – kminugh@sacbee.com In an Oakland street, Maurice Stroud took […]
The High Cost of Gun Violence
EAST BAY EXPRESS June 4, 2008 By Matthew Green On a Sunday afternoon in June of 2006, a young man we’ll call Michael Robinson was shot six […]