Activist Video Archive

Preserving progressive, multicultural voices of Los Angeles area activists, and philanthropists.

Preserving progressive, multicultural voices of Los Angeles area activists and philanthropists.

Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.

Fr. Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries. As a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest concentration of gang activity in Los Angeles, Greg Boyle created an organization to provide jobs, job training, and encouragement so that young people can learn the mutual respect that comes from collaboration. Homeboy Industries also provides tattoo removal, anger management and other mental health services. Greg Boyle is author of the best-selling book Tattoos on the Heart, from Free Press, a Division of Simon and Schuster.  Recently (December 2010), his book ranked 2nd on the LA Times Best Seller list just below the autobiography of Keith Richards.


“Everything that is tearing us down today will become a memory, and this memory will be shared as an anecdote or a story or a poem or a play or a warning. It will be shared with another human being, who will then understand that he is not alone in his sadness. This is why we show up for others and tell our tales and listen to others. The great congregation meets daily, and you are someone’s angel today.”

-Tennessee Williams/Interview with James Grissom

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