Concerns about violence on school campuses have been front of mind after a student was shot at an Oakland high school on Nov. 12. But one of the main programs set up to reduce violence could come to an end after the spring semester because of budget cuts.
For more than 30 years, Youth Alive! has been working to break the cycle of violence in Oakland. More recently, they’ve been meeting the kids where they’re at, in school.
“If we want these young people to take steps towards non-violence and peace, we have to walk with them that way,” said executive director Joe Griffin…