“Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” with Father Greg Boyle
Webcast provided by Calvin College, Fremont Area Community Foundation, and the Dogwood Center.
Father Greg is a Jesuit priest and the founder and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries, the largest, most successful gang intervention program in Los Angeles. Homeboy, whose motto is “Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job”, takes gang members (Homeboys and Homegirls) fresh out of detention centers and offers everything from job training and placement to tattoo removal.
Reflecting on over 20 years of experience with the gangs, Father Greg has recently published Tattoos on the Heart which has been on the Los Angeles Times best seller list all summer. He has received numerous humanitarian awards, among them the California Peace Prize. He lives in Los Angeles.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the Dogwood Center from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.