What We Do

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.

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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Victims on Both Ends of the Gun

by Tina Schuster and the Tariq Khamisa Foundation 

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