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A Conversation w/ Shaun Livingston of the Golden State Warriors

Dr. Marshall sits down with Golden State Warrior Shaun Livingston, who shares what it was like growing up in his hometown of Peoria, Illinois. “I think every kid goes through the challenges of wanting to be accepted, peer pressure (that’s probably the number one thing), learning to be confident and finding that confidence and…

“I started at City College of San Francisco and transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles and I am very grateful for the help from Alive & Free. The financial literacy class taught me to be disciplined, which I needed. Being a transfer student, I didn’t have the option of messing up like…

Alive & Free Consortium member Tamiko Ferguson in Kingston Ontario, Canada has been guiding young people away from the streets and steering them towards college using the Alive & Free Prescription. We would like to extend a special congratulations towards Adam Raymond and Dylan Schacter-Tribe, two of her students who grew up in challenging areas of Ontario,…

Twins Chelsea and Kelsey Stewart graduated this year! Growing up they had always attended school together, and college was their first time ever going to school apart. Chelsea earned her degree in Neuroscience from UC Santa Cruz and Kelsey earned her degree in Communications and Regional Development from UC Davis. “It was nice to have…

Dr. Marshall interviews author, Malik Wade, author of Pressure- From FBI Fugitive to Freedom and Executive Director of SIG (Scholastic Interest Group). http://traffic.libsyn.com/aliveandfree/aliveandfree_streetsoldiersradio_malik_wade_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Dr. Marshall and Alive & Free have been awarded the 2017 California Prize for Service and the Common Good! The California Prize is USF’s way of rewarding, honoring, and celebrating the work of those who share our commitment to create a more just, sustainable, and humane world. Past honorees include Salesforce.org, Daniel Lurie, and the…

The Crisis of Police Violence

At Alive & Free, we don’t just hope our young people stay safe, we work unflaggingly to make it so — teaching them to make safe choices and follow the path away from violence. Typically, this has been a discussion about community violence. At this moment, however, our community must also reckon with another…

Police and community relations–how do we make it better? We dive into this topic on Street Soldiers Radio Sunday night during a LIVE town hall discussion including the following panelists: Allwyn Brown, Chief of Police Richmond Capt. Ersie Joyner, Oakland PD Jennifer Tejada, Chief of Police Emeryville Toney Chaplin, Interim Chief of Police San Francisco Over…

Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there. I just want to say thank you for being a father to your child. You’re doing the most important job of all. There’s nothing better than a good dad. This is Father’s Day and it’s our time to say, “Thanks!” Having grown up with my dad,…