Homeboy Industries

L.A. Homeboys Help Troubled Alabama Youth

Posted 12.17.2009 | Impact


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

Homeboy Industries: Producing Hope

Fr. Gregory Boyle | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living


Fr. Gregory Boyle

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.

Stop Tearing the Heart Out of L.A.

Kamala Lopez | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics


Kamala Lopez

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.

Solar Panel Installation Class Helps Ex-Cons Find Employment

Wall Street Journal | MIRIAM JORDAN | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green


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...