What We Do
What We Do
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
TKF was founded in 1995, after college student Tariq Khamisa was killed by a 14-year-old gang member, Tony Hicks. Tony was tried as an adult and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Tariq’s father, Azim Khamisa, felt this tragedy created victims on both ends of the gun. Azim, in an act of extraordinary grace and forgiveness, reached out to Tony’s grandfather, Ples Felix. The two men came together in the spirit of healing to end youth violence.
Our Impact
Over 500
school presentations
85%
learned lessons on being kind to others
73%
learned how to resolve anger and conflict without violence
94%
learned how to take actions to prevent or resolve problems
91%
learned to be positive about themselves
87%
learned how to be peacemakers
67%
decrease in school disciplinary problems
72%
decrease in school truancy
Over 2,500
students served
Over 10,000
children reached annually
Over 300
school partnerships
Over 15
school districts served
Data from The Social Science Research Lab San Diego State University, Spring 2016, An Evaluation of TKF’s Circle of Peace Curriculum and California State University San Marcos College of Education, Spring 2018, TKF Restorative Workshop, Level 2 - 2018 Outcome Evaluation.
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