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Jessica Prois

'Homeboy Industries' Gives Gang Members Fresh Start

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Prois | Posted 01.31.2012

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Within the country's largest gang intervention program, young men and women learn job skills working side-by-side with their would-be rivals. That's b...

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Marcus Baram

How A Priest Helped Give Hope Back To Thousands Of Gang Members

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Father Boyle, Homeboy, Homeboy Industries, Tattoo Removal, Carol Biondi, Bruce Karatz, Homeboy Diner, Gang Intervention, Greg Boyle, Impact News

Soon after his father was murdered, 10-year-old Wilfredo Lopez started hanging out with neighborhood gangs. When he was 15, he was busted for selling ...

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Greg Boyle Has Saved Thousands of Latino Lives In Los Angeles. So Why Might He Go Out Of Business?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

You would think that a guy who has transformed tens of thousands of lives over 23 years in the lousiest part of LA could find $5 million somewhere to keep going.

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LA Closes Homeboy Industries, Saves the Kittens

Tanya Jo Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tanya Jo Miller

Now I love kittens as much as the next guy, but with gangs being such a problem in LA, I do wonder where our priorities are.

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