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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEED Magazine Excerpt from Issue #5, November 2008 Homicide is the leading cause of death for young people in Oakland. “Stand up if someone close to […]
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 […]