January 12th, 2008
By Mark
TKF is embarking on its second critically important program initiative since its founding in 1996. We have just begun a longitudinal study to determine how effective TKF’s programs are in reducing violent behavior. A longitudinal study is simply a long term study with repeated observations to determine a trend. At TKF, we believe that our programs, if implemented at the proper frequency and in the proper settings, can actually reduce a child’s violent behavior. We believe we can reduce youth violence in a specific neighborhood if we implement our programs at the grade schools, middle schools and high schools that feed into each other. (more…)
July 06th, 2007
By Mark
In the early morning hours of May 25, four young men barely out of high school beat to death a neighbor of mine named Emery Kananui, age 24. Emery lived with his mom just around the corner from my home. I did not know Emery or the four young men accused in the killing. I do know that five young men have been lost to a single senseless act of violence.