Father Gregory Boyle

Founder, Homeboy Industries · 1 appearance on the record.

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Father Gregory Boyle founded Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, developing it into the world's largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry organization that operates social enterprises such as Homeboy Bakery. He is also an author focused on kinship and compassion, writing books including Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir.

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The record, in short

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Boyle: L.A. County released 5,000 inmates who seek Homeboy's support

“They just released 5000 from the L.A. County jail, and they all come to Homeboy, so.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 13:50 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

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What they said10 Episodes1

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Insight

Boyle: Social enterprises should choose 'recession-proof' silk screening over restaurants

“Restaurants are really hard, but there's a sexiness to a bakery and a cafe, and it's hard to talk people out of this, but I always tell them, do silk screening. That's recession proof.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 5:14 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Boyle: Pairing rival gang members has worked without exception for 32 years

“You cannot demonize people you know, and so you get to know people, and does that always work? Yes. Always. I can't think of a single exception in, in 32 years.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 6:08 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Insight

Boyle: Rehabilitation programs fail when mandated rather than chosen

“You know, if you force people into rehab, it doesn't really work. So we always say, you know, walk through our doors and we gotcha. But you kind of have to walk through our doors. Our program is not for those who need it. It's only for those who want it.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 20:47 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Insight

Boyle: Social enterprises cannot rely on sympathy over product quality

“Nobody's going to buy something that doesn't taste good. And they'll pay more if they know that in that case, all the proceeds go to help people.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 7:11 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Assertion Supported

Boyle: L.A. County released 5,000 inmates who seek Homeboy's support

“They just released 5000 from the L.A. County jail, and they all come to Homeboy, so.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 13:50 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Assertion Partly supported

Boyle: 15,000 people visit Homeboy Industries annually to reimagine their lives

“About 15,000 folks a year walk through our doors trying to reimagine their lives.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 1:19 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Assertion Supported

Boyle: The Global Homeboy Network spans 300 programs worldwide

“You know, we have the thing called the Global Homeboy Network, which is you know, 300 programs in the country and outside. Kind of modeled on our methodology, you know”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 4:55 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Assertion Supported

Boyle: Homeboy Industries faced death threats during its first decade

“And whereas we're 32 years old, the first 10 years were marked by death threats, bomb threats, and hate mail. And so, not from gang members, of course, but from people who had demonized gang members.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 9:07 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Assertion Partly supported

Boyle: Homeboy Industries operates on a $22M annual budget

“We're like twenty two million dollars. And so about half of that comes from our businesses, and the other half we have to raise, which is a heavy lift.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 11:05 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Boyle: Homeboy Industries produces 17,000 meals weekly without layoffs

“17,000 meals a week, which is just, I think we're up to like 200,000 meals so far. And, you know, that's really kept us alive and we haven't laid off anybody.”

Father Gregory Boyle Nov 19, 2020 ▶ 17:33 How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
How I Built Resilience: Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries	Nov 19, 2020	15m

Father Gregory Boyle

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