Human Dignity Award Breakfast
Photography by Vincent Andrunas
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Cassandra Clady and Tara Turner
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Dinah Goodspeed, Erika McBride, Victoria Thomas and Lisa DaSilva
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Tony Russell, Ples Felix and Azim Khamisa
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Erika McBride, Victoria Thomas and Lisa DaSilva
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Michael Smyth and Katherine
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Nathan Watkins, Jenica McClure and Byron Wear
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Rafael Castellanos, Josie Flores-Clark and Ron Morrison
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Rafael Castellanos, Sue Reynolds, Josie Flores-Clark, Maxin Rivera and Ron Morrison
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Douglas Shamburger, Barbara Orozco-Valdivia, Donna Jackson and Norma Colunga
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Baron Herdelin-Doherty, Dr. Steven Jones, Dee Sanford and Michael Brunker
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Debra Portee, James Price and Ghina Hall
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Tony Russell, Ples Felix and Azim Khamisa
The YMCA was honored to have Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix accepting the 2019 Human Dignity Award on behalf of the Tarique Khamisa Foundation during the 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Dignity Award breakfast. The foundation was born after 20-year-old Tariq was killed by 14-year-old gang member, Tony Hicks. Tariq’s father Azim reached out to Hick’s grandfather, Ples Felix, and together, in a spirit of healing to end youth violence, they began telling their story at school assemblies.
