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10/28/2005
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10/6/2005
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TAKE program offers proactive step toward safety
March 7, 2007
By: Carrie Alexander
Although child abductions have been on a steady decline since 1996, in 2005 there were more than 9,000 new cases of child abduction in the state, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
But parents and kids alike can be proactive and help prevent future child abductions. Learning to fight back is another alternative.
Featured on Kansas City infoZine:
Self Defense Program by the Ali Kemp Educational (t.a.k.e.) Foundation
January 22, 2007
A program which represents a living legacy in honor of Ali Kemp, a 19-year-old Leawood resident who was murdered while working as a lifeguard at a residential subdivision pool in the summer of 2002, is being offered at Johnson County Community College in early February.
Featured on America's Most Wanted:
Remembering Ali Kemp And Saving Other Lives
December 11, 2006
In June 2002, 19-year-old Ali Kemp was brutally murdered while working at her neighborhood pool in Leawood, Kan. Tragically, it was her own father, Roger Kemp, who found her body that same day, beaten and hidden under a tarp in the pump room.
Roger put his grief to work when he posted the suspect's face on a billboard that played an instrumental role in catching his daughter's killer. After that victory, he teamed up with an advertising firm to post the faces of other wanted criminals on billboards. Since then, seven suspects in the area have been apprehended based on tips created by the billboards.
Featured on hillel.org:
At KU, Jewish Women TAKE Action
October 9, 2006
By Melanie Kantor
Over 50 women learned basic self-defense techniques that could save their lives at TAKE the Hill, a program sponsored by Hillel at the University of Kansas on September 27. The program was co-sponsored by KU's Sigma Delta Tau chapter and the KU Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
TAKE the Hill was run by The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation (TAKE), an organization founded in response to the 2002 rape and murder of Ali Kemp, a Kansas State University student. The organization promotes self-defense and safety awareness programs and provides an online listing of self-defense courses for women across the country.
Featured on Kansas City infoZine:
Self Defense Program by the Ali Kemp Educational Foundation
September 25, 2006
Johnson County, Kan. - infoZine - A self-defense program meant to help women and girls fight the kind of violence which killed a 19-year-old Leawood resident during the summer of 2002 is being offered at a Shawnee location in early October.