Homeboy Industries

Electricidad Ignites L.A. Theatre

Tony Bartolone | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Homeboy Industries, Electricidad, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Electricidad Sylvia Blush, Electricidad Play, Electricidad Show, Carmen Zapata Theatre, Los Angeles News

This is a tale of desperation in grief. It is a story of fear and despondence, coming of age, and loss of innocence. It is a story of Los Angeles too seldom told.

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Vicious Circles

Carrie White | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hairdressing, Gangs, Los Angeles, Tattoos, Recovery, Homeboy Industries, Culture News

I see a sign over another door: Tattoo Removal. I had noticed this place was filled with people who had more ink on them than I had seen at a lifetime of rock concerts. "Hard to get a job with F*^k You tattooed across your forehead," Bird says.

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Two Minutes of Wisdom With Father Gregory Boyle

Posted 04.23.2012

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Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit Priest and the founder and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries, a non-profit that works with former gang members to...

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'Homeboy Industries' Gives Gang Members Fresh Start

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Prois | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Gang Recidivism Rate, Father Boyle, Homeboy Industries, Gangs La, Gangs Los Angeles, Father Gregory Boyle, Advocacy, Impact News

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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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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Latino Teens Write Stories Telling Full Tale Of Their 'Hood

HuffingtonPost.com | Aurelia Fierros | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Latinos, Annenberg School, Homeboy Industries, Newspapers, Boyle Heights Beat, Spanish, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Gangs, The California Endowment, Teenagers, La Opinion, Latino Voices News

In the Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, a group of high school students write and produce a newspaper looking at their own communi...

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'Star Trek' Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary in Las Vegas

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: John Cho, Chase Masterson, Homeboy Industries, Walter Koenig, Kate Mulgrew, Creation Entertainment, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jonathan Frakes, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek, Star Trek Convention, Star Trek Convention Las Vegas, Star Trek Las Vegas, Entertainment News

Love is in the air-conditioning at the biggest "Star Trek" convention in the whole world. I am in hot-hot-hot Las Vegas, Nev., which is pretty darned weird, and having one of my greatest weekends ever.

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My LA: Chris Weitz On Hidden Neighborhoods, Food Trucks & Malibu

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.27.2011

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Who: Chris Weitz -- Director, best known for the American Pie franchise, New Moon, The Golden Compass, and About A Boy, which gained him an Academy Aw...

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PHOTOS: Chris Weitz & Lime Orchard Present 'A Better Life'

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Gertz-Ressler High School, Director Chris Weitz, Homeboy Industries, Willow Bay, A Better Life Film, Museum of Tolerance, LA Events, Stacey Lubliner, Arianna Huffington, Lupita Tovar, Demain Bechir, Antonio Villaraigosia, Lu Parker, Chris Weitz, Jami Gertz, Lime Orchard Productions, Los Angeles News

"I’ve lived in Los Angeles for twenty years, and I feel like I’ve never really known it," said Academy Award nominated Chris Weitz, at the screeni...

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Pastor Of Second Chances

Katherine Marshall | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Homeboy, Los Angeles, Homeboy Industries, Gang Rehabilitation, Recidivism, Crime, Employment, Father Greg, Jobs, Gang Members, Gangs, Jesuits, Los Angeles Gangs, Religion News

Homeboy Industries today is a bustling bundle of different offices and departments. A non-profit organization, it is proud to call itself the largest gang rehabilitation program anywhere.

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PHOTOS: Ex-Gang Members, Artists Collaborate For A Show About Violence, Hope

Posted 06.12.2011

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This collaborative project between ex-gang members and LA artist Nancy Baker Cahill is visually haunting. Participants in the project tell their stori...

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Homeboy Industries Chips And Salsa A Big Winner At Ralphs

latimes.com | Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The chips are falling into place for Homeboy Industries. The hottest-selling snack item at 256 Ralphs deli sections across Southern California in the...

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Homeboy Industries: One Good Reason Homicides in L.A. are Down

Charles Annenberg Weingarten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Galaxy, Homeboy Industries, Gangs, Los Angeles, Father Greg Boyle, Gang Violence, explore.org, La Impact, Impact News

In a community often painted with violence, hatred, misunderstanding and fear, a beacon of light shines for the gang-infested youth of South Central L.A. His name is Father Gregory Boyle.

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'Homeboy And Homegirls' Need Money to Keep Their Jobs

Toan Lam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Homeboy Industries needs $5 million dollars to get through the next six months. Father Boyle says due to the bad economy, grants and donations dwindled, so they need the money to bridge the gap.

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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

Read More: Homeboy Industries, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Greg Boyle, Ghettos, Father-Boyle, South Central LA, Gang Violence, Los Angeles News

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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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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Homeboy Industries, Nation's Largest Anti-Gang Program, Lays Off 300 Workers

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lay-Offs, Homeboy Industries, Unemployment, Gangs, Father Greg Boyle, Recession, Video, Impact News

For over 20 years, Father Greg Boyle has worked to help Los Angeles gang members rebuild their lives. The organization Boyle founded, Homeboy Industri...

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Jesuit-Run Gang Ministry Cuts Staff

Religion News Service | By David Finnigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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By David Finnigan Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (RNS) A prominent anti-gang ministry here run by a Jesuit priest has laid off 330 of its 427 staf...

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Homeboy Industries, Refuge For Gang Members, Lays Off Most Of Its Employees

Los Angeles Times | Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Homeboy Industries, the Los Angeles institution whose mission for more than 20 years has been to turn jobs into a recipe for saving the lives of gang ...

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L.A. Homeboys Help Troubled Alabama Youth

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Programs, Homeboy Industries, Alabama, Gang Rehabilitiation, Gang Intervention, Gangs, Mentoring, Video, Impact News

L.A.'s Homeboy Industries has been nationally recognized for its successful gang intervention programs. Now, a recent multimedia project by the Los A...

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Homeboy Industries: Producing Hope

Fr. Gregory Boyle | Posted 11.17.2011

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Homeboy Industries is now the largest gang intervention program in the US. Serving 12 thousand clients a year, 8 thousand gang members from 700 different gangs, we offer comprehensive services to those for whom hope is foreign.

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Stop Tearing the Heart Out of L.A.

Kamala Lopez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Heart Program, Girls, Public Schools, Politics, Latino, Homeboy Industries, Crime, Kamala Lopez, Violence, Los Angeles, Social Programs, Hispanics, Barrio, Gangs, Latina, Politics News

What is it about Rocio Martinez that makes kids on the edge of the abyss trust her? Well, for one thing, they know that Rosi, as they call her, can relate -- she used to be one of them.

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Solar Panel Installation Class Helps Ex-Cons Find Employment

Wall Street Journal | MIRIAM JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ex-Cons, Homeboy Industries, Solar Installation Class, Solar Power, Green News

In the race to train America's "green-collar" work force, a group composed mostly of former Los Angeles gang members on parole is an early participant...

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