Father Gregory Boyle

September 11, 2010, Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., the founder of LA's Homeboy Industries will be at St. Mark's.

Bringing rival gang members together to work in harmony under one umbrella, Homeboy Industries is recognized as the largest gang intervention program in the county, and has become a national model. As Executive Director of Homeboy Industries and an acknowledged expert on gangs and intervention approaches, Fr. Boyle is a nationally renowned speaker. He has given commencement addresses at several prestigious universities, as well as spoken at conferences for teachers, social workers, criminal justice workers and others about the importance of adult attention, guidance and unconditional love in preventing youth from joining gangs. Fr. Greg and several “homies” were featured speakers at the White House Conference on Youth in 2005 at the personal invitation of Mrs. George Bush. Fr. Greg is also a consultant to youth service and governmental agencies, policy-makers and employers. http://www.homeboy-industries.org/father-greg.php

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