In Harmony with Hope Award 2009 Winner - Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.

Father Greg's Homeboy Industries is a one-stop shop for those who have decided to leave the world of gangs behind. It provides addiction and recovery programs, a full range of educational services, anger management training, etiquette and courtesy classes, day care programs (and parenting classes), job counseling and placement, and tattoo removal services. Two hundred former gang members help manage and run the entire operation, which includes a bakery, a café, and silkscreen, maintenance and retail shops that fund about a third of Homeboy Industries' operations. For 20 years Fr. Greg has been a beacon of hope in a blighted landscape; his efforts have changed the lives of more than 100,000 people. www.homeboy-industries.org

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