Kevin McCracken and Joshua Doan talk to mostly punk kids who grew up and are now inspiring us and others by being awesome. Please let us know if you have a suggestion for guests. Don’t be shy if it’s you! We’ll say yes. Contact us at emails@adultingwellpodcast.com.Read more »
Kevin McCracken and Joshua Doan talk to mostly punk kids who grew up and are now inspiring us and others by being awesome. Please let us know if you have a suggestion for guests. Don’t be shy if it’s you! We’ll say yes. Contact us at emails@adultingwellpodcast.com.Read Less
This week we did something a little different. We interviewed Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries. While he is not a grown-up punk kid, he is a grown-up we respect on many levels.
His lifetime commitment to helping people who are in the margins is truly an inspiration. Big thanks to Father Greg for coming on! We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed the interview.
In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, Father Greg and parish and community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings.
In 1988 they started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women who walk through its doors every year seeking a better life.
Father Greg is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. His 2017 book is the Los Angeles Times-bestseller Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship.
He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. In 2014, the White House named Father Boyle a Champion of Change. He received the University of Notre Dame’s 2017 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics.