6 Oceanside Nonprofit initiatives fostering inclusion for students receives $80K in grants
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OCEANSIDE (CNS) - The Oceanside Community Foundation Wednesday announced $80,000 in grants to six nonprofit organizations for programs aimed and promoting diversity and inclusion for local students.
The funding went to organizations offering afternoon enrichment programming, with the goal of accelerating student learning and supporting their well-being throughout the 2021-22 school year.
The Boys & Girls Club of Oceanside was awarded $14,000 for its Youth for Unity program, which addresses racial injustice and creates an environment that embraces inclusion and diversity.
North County Lifeline was awarded $10,000 for its Open HeART (Arts Reflecting Togetherness) program, which commissions local artists to work side- by-side with the youth participants to create culturally relevant installations.
Tasreen Khamisa and Tony Hicks in San Diego, Calif.
Tariq Khamisa was a college student working as a pizza delivery driver when he was murdered in a gang-related robbery in 1995.
The person who shot Tariq was 14-year-old Tony Hicks.
Five years after the murder, Tariq s father, Azim Khamisa, went to visit Tony for the first time. Tony, who was released in 2019, was still in prison at the time. It took me five years to develop enough courage to come and meet you, Azim told Tony during a recent StoryCorps interview.
Since that first meeting in 2000, the two have become close friends.
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‘Worth Being Forgiven’: A Father And His Son’s Killer Bring Past And Present Together
By Mitra Bonshahi
February 26, 2021
In 1995, 14-year-old Tony Hicks got involved with a gang in Southern California. One night, as he and fellow gang members attempted to rob a pizza delivery driver, Tony shot and killed him.
That driver was Tariq Khamisa, a 20-year-old student at San Diego State University.
Tony became the youngest person in California to be charged as an adult. He served the majority of his sentence in maximum security prisons before he was released in 2019.