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Which Way, L.A.?

Homeboy Industries Faces Cuts in Funding

Homeboy Industries employs 8000 young men and women who are former members of gangs all over Los Angeles County.  Created by Jesuit Father Gregory Boyle 20 years ago, Homeboy is now a nondenominational nonprofit that runs a bakery and café as well as solar energy and landscaping projects.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Homeboy Industries employs 8000 young men and women who are former members of gangs all over Los Angeles County. Created by Jesuit Father Gregory Boyle 20 years ago, Homeboy is now a nondenominational nonprofit that runs a bakery and café as well as solar energy and landscaping projects. It makes money, but not enough to be self-sustaining and now some of its funding sources are drying up, as we hear from Father Boyle.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Sonya Geis

    Senior Managing Editor

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    Greg Boyle

    Jesuit priest, founder of Homeboy Industries, author of “The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness”

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