Greg Boyle - Illuman Watering Hole - June 2023

On Thursday, June 15, 2023, Father Greg Boyle, director and founder of Homeboy Industries, joined us for an Illuman Watering Hole conversation about his decades of work among gang members in Boyle Heights, one of the poorest communities in Los Angeles. Many of these individuals have been traumatized by child abuse or neglect, or have been witnesses or subjected to domestic violence, and carry the scars of all this far into adulthood. Their stories illuminate how these youth seek alternative “families” in order to escape the lack of nurturing at home, and how by offering hope and unconditional love, these young people become whole by discovering and claiming their self-worth, belovedness, and sense of kinship, through counseling, job training, and employment and grow into confident, productive adults and citizens.