The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Gangs are born of a lethal absence of hope, and hope has an address: 130 W. Bruno St. in Los Angeles, CA 90012. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting,… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
I do believe in lessons learned. I have learned that you work with gang members and not with gangs; otherwise, you enforce… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
As much as I dislike the suggestion of single solutions to complex problems, jobs are as close as we will get to… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
You prevent kids from joining gangs by offering after-school programs, sports, mentoring, and positive engagement with adults. You intervene with gang members… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this the certain… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
Gang members aren't frightened into acceptable behavior by increased penalties, enhanced punishments, and the promise of new detention facilities. — Greg Boyle Copy Share
The idea that any law enforcement agency or person would ever know these gang members better than Homeboy Industries is impossible. — Greg Boyle Copy Share
You can't reason with gang violence: you can't talk to it, sit it at the table, and negotiate with it. — Greg Boyle Copy Share
Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
“On most days, if I'm true to myself, I just want to share my life with the poor, regardless of result. I want to… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is. — Greg Boyle Copy Share
“Leon Dufour, a world-renowned Jesuit theologian and Scripture scholar, a year before he died at ninety-nine, confided in a Jesuit who was caring for… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
When the vastness of God meets the restriction of our own humanity, words can't hold it. The best we can do is find the… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese.… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them. — Greg Boyle Copy Share
It has become an accepted tenet that kids will rarely listen to their parents but seldom fail to imitate them. Communicating the message has… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
There is no such thing as a bad cop, only disturbing and dominant cop thinking that will invariably lead to excessive force and tragic… — Greg Boyle Copy Share
