Homeboy Industries

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Laura Bush speaks to members of Homeboy Industries

Homeboy Industries is a Los Angeles- based US self-help project run by former gang members . It was founded by the Jesuit pastor and social worker Gregory Boyle . However, it has become known through the production of fashion items, some of which are only briefly labeled with Homeboy .

history

In the late 1970s, Jesuit pastor Gregory Boyle contacted gang members in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood in east LA. This hamlet was a major target for many legal and illegal immigrants from South America. In 1992 he founded the workshops there for former gang members - homeboys , as they call themselves. Nothing stops a bullet like a job - Nothing stops a bullet better than a job , is their motto. A person with a job would rather stay home at night than get involved in street fights. If you come to Homeboy Industries, you have to renounce the gang and have your gang tattoos removed, as these can simply be life-threatening for dropouts.

meaning

Homeboy Industries serves several hundred ex-criminals with a gang background as a reintegration aid every year. This is also where young men learn to control their anger, treat women with respect and be punctual. Social workers have jobs ready every day, partly from newspapers or the Internet, partly from companies that cooperate with Homeboy Industries. Those who have drug problems can get a withdrawal mediated. Jonathan Fischer writes in the SZ: "In fact, the T-shirts and baseball caps with the Homeboy logo have become a hit on the streets, with double-digit growth rates and an incalculable social benefit."

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rita Neubauer: Most Wanted ... A place on the list in Badische Zeitung ( memento from September 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) from March 16, 2007
  2. ↑ Carolin Reiter: Work instead of balls - Homeboy Industries (short article on the story) for the Körber Foundation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.koerber-stiftung.de  
  3. ↑ a b Jonathan Fischer: Gangster-like Glamor , in Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 21, 2007

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