WHAT IS TKF'S STORY? The Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF) was established in 1995 after Tariq Khamisa (a 20 year old college student) was killed by Tony Hicks (a 14 year old gang member). Tony became the first child in California under the age of 16 to be convicted as an adult. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Believing there were “victims on both ends of the gun”, Tariq’s father Azim Khamisa reached out in forgiveness to Tony’s grandfather, Ples Felix to begin the process of healing; together they established TKF. WHY TKF? 16 young people are murdered on average each day in the United States, that’s more than 5,500 preventable deaths each year. Homicide is the second leading cause of death of young people between the ages of 10 and 24, only trailing unintentional accidents, that’s more lives lost than from cancer, HIV, heart disease and suicide. WHAT IS THE GOAL OF TKF? Our goal is to stop youth violence through our education, mentorship and community service programs. WHAT IS TKF DOING? We provide intensive one-on-one mentoring, small group skill building workshops, entire school awareness assemblies, classroom curriculum which is provided by TKF staff and volunteers for community services projects. HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED? You can stay in tune with the current needs of TKF by joining our social networks, signing up for our quarterly e-newsletter, visiting our website - www.tkf.org or simply calling 619.955.8777 to learn more!