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  2. Homeboy Industries - Wikipedia

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    Homeboy Industries began in 1988 as a job training program (called Jobs for a Future) [1] out of Dolores Mission Parish in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, US.It was created by then-pastor Greg Boyle to offer an alternative to gang life for high-risk youth, who were living in a city (Los Angeles) with the highest concentration of gang activity in the country. [10]

  3. The 'Un-Becoming': A former Eastside gang member finds his ...

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    Homeboy Industries got to work on Fernandez. Its staff won him amnesty on $6,000 in unpaid traffic tickets, knocking his debt down to $200. He received mental health counseling and braces for ...

  4. Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries to receive ... - AOL

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    Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, one of the largest gang intervention programs in L.A. County, is expected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden.

  5. Stanislaus approves $1.6M to launch Homeboy Industries ...

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    Homeboy Industries of Los Angeles is renowned for supporting former inmates and gang members, who work together with a smile in social enterprise businesses and get support from peers to build ...

  6. Greg Boyle - Wikipedia

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    Homeboy Industries [ edit ] By 1988, in an effort to address the escalating problems and unmet needs of gang -involved youth, Boyle, alongside parish and community members, began to develop positive opportunities for them, including establishing an alternative school and a day care program, and seeking out legitimate employment, calling this ...

  7. Dolores Mission, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Dolores Mission, Los Angeles is a Catholic parish in the largely Hispanic area of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles.The parish has collaborated in various grassroots initiatives to combat adverse social conditions in the area, including Homeboy Industries, [1] Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission, [2] CHIRLA, and the East Los Angeles Housing Coalition.

  8. Nothing stops a bullet like a job: Homeboy Industries and the ...

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  9. Kevin Gaines (police officer) - Wikipedia

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    Kevin Lee Gaines (February 6, 1966 – March 18, 1997) was an American police officer assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) unit implicated in the Rampart scandal. Gaines had ties to Death Row Records and the Bloods, and dated Suge Knight's ex-wife.