| In Episode #29 I interview Azim Khamisa. Azim is the co-founder of TKF or the Tariq Khamisa Foundation. TKF was formed in 1995 after Azim's son, Tariq, a 20-year-old SDSU student, was senselessly shot and killed while delivering pizzas. His assailant was a 14-year-old gang member named Tony Hicks. Believing that there were "victims at both ends of the gun," Azim reached out in forgiveness to Tony's grandfather and guardian, Ples Felix, to begin the process of healing.
In our 29th episode, you'll hear:
-- Why Azim felt compelled to meet both his son's assailant and his grandfather.
-- How their relationship grew in stages, to its current state of brotherhood.
-- How the crisis created positive change, TKF programs have touched over 20 million children to date.
-- How violence is a learned behavior.
-- What does it mean to be in a state of "bardo."
-- How our society can begin to be healed through "RJ" or restorative justice.
-- Gandhi and the Dali Lama's succinct quotes on anger and revenge.
-- How you can plant seeds of hope.
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