Transformation Story

“Homeboys has given me hope. It’s given me a better understanding of myself. Before, I just never gave myself a chance. So it’s given me encouragement to change my life.” Read More

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FLOTUS, Dr. Jill Biden, Visits Homeboy Industries

We were honored and humbled to welcome the First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, to Homeboy Industries for a visit at Homeboy Bakery and Homegirl Café. Along with founder, Father Greg and other senior leaders, she met Gennell Lewis and Mario Lundes in the Bakery, and sat with Eugene Walker and Johanna Carbajal in the Café, to […]

Grab Your Copy of Forgive, Everyone, Everything by Fr. Greg and Fabian Debora

Father Greg and Fabian Debora partnered together on a new book, Forgive Everyone, Everything. The book is now available for purchase! It is a powerful collection of Fr. Greg’s most poignant writings based on decades of experiences of loss, pain, redemption and renewal. The reflections are accompanied by stunning art from Homeboy Art Academy Executive Director and acclaimed artist, […]

Youth Re-entry

In 2020, Homeboy Industries launched LA County’s first youth re-entry center in Boyle Heights, focused on preventing high-risk gang-affiliated youth from entering the adult prison system. Homeboy’s Youth Re-entry Center serves approximately 100 formerly incarcerated or gang-involved youth, ages 14-24, each year. The Center provides therapeutic wraparound services, such as mental health, academic, college prep, […]

Global Homeboy Network Gathering-2023

Launched in 2014, the Global Homeboy Network (GHN) consists of 400 like-minded organizations from around the world. At its core, GHN works to widen the circle of compassion, tenderness, and kinship. We seek to achieve this by fostering community, sanctuary, and family, to provide welcoming, safe spaces to those on the margins. These core values are what energize GHN’s growth […]

18-Month Journey – Values and Phases

Shirley Torres is the Chief Program Officer for Homeboy Industries where she leads theorganization in strategies to receive, engage, and retain citizens returning from California stateand federal prisons, county jails, and juvenile detention facilities. She has served as both theDirector of Re-entry Services and as the head of curriculum and training department where shewas responsible […]

GHN Russ

Where do we go from here? We know for the people and communities we serve, there’s absolutely no going back to an old “normal,” and together, we must look forward with hope and in kinship toward a new paradigm.  Please hold August 9, 10 and 11 for the 2021 Virtual Global Homeboy Network Gathering.  The front doors […]

Healing Circle

Fabian DeboraFounder and Executive Director of Homeboy Art Academy. In 1995, he became a member ofthe East Los Angeles Streetscapers, when he was mentored by many Chicano artists andmuralists, who introduced him to creative expressions of all forms. For over a decade, he servedas a counselor and then Director of Substance Abuse Services & Programming […]

Venues and Hotels — Clone

VENUES California EndowmentThursday and Friday’s Events1000 Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA Click here for venue map Homeboy IndustriesWednesday’s Events130 W. Bruno St, Los Angeles, CA HOTELS Find hotels near the Endowment and Homeboy HQ here.

TA Sessions/Open Q&A

A Technical Assistance (TA) Session is a ninety-minute communal learning space where participants are encouraged to ask questions to generate insightful discussions. Each of the 8 sessions available on the second day are led by credible experts in their specified subjects who are thrilled to answer questions and have open conversations with participants. This Q&A […]