GregoryBoyleisthefounderofHomeboyIndustriesinLosAngeles,Calif.,thelargestgangintervention,rehabilitation,andre-entryprogramintheworld.AJesuitpriest,from1986to1992FatherBoyleservedaspastorofDoloresMissionChurch,thenthepoorestCatholicparishinLosAngelesthatalsohadthehighestconcentrationofgangactivityinthecity.

FatherBoylewitnessedthedevastatingimpactofgangviolenceonhiscommunityduringtheso-called“decadeofdeath”thatbeganinLosAngelesinthelate1980sandpeakedat1,000gang-relatedkillingsin1992.Inthefaceoflawenforcementtacticsandcriminaljusticepoliciesofsuppressionandmassincarcerationasthemeanstoendgangviolence,FatherBoyleandparishandcommunitymembersadoptedwhatwasaradicalapproachatthetime:treatgangmembersashumanbeings.

In1988theystartedwhatwouldeventuallybecomeHomeboyIndustries,whichemploysandtrainsformergangmembersinarangeofsocialenterprises,aswellasprovidescriticalservicestothousandsofmenandwomenwhowalkthroughitsdoorseveryyearseekingabetterlife.

FatherBoyleistheauthorofthe2010NewYorkTimes-bestsellerTattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.His2017bookistheLosAngelesTimes-bestsellerBarking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship.

HehasreceivedtheCaliforniaPeacePrizeandbeeninductedintotheCaliforniaHallofFame.In2014,theWhiteHousenamedFatherBoyleaChampionofChange.HereceivedtheUniversityofNotreDame’s2017LaetareMedal,theoldesthonorgiventoAmericanCatholics.

GregoryBoylewillsharehowcompassion,kindness,andkinshiparethetoolstofightdespairanddecreasemarginalization.Throughhisstoriesandparables,allwillberemindedthatnolifeislessvaluablethananother.

a FREE presentation by

April 30, 2019 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Books will be available for purchase and signing following the program.Washtenaw Community College Towsley Auditorium, Morris Lawrence Building

4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor MichiganRegistration is not required. A certificate of attendance can be provided. FREE C.E. (1.5 hours) for addiction professionals (MCBAP Approved Education Provider).

For other details, contact Dawn Farm at 734.485.8725 or www.dawnfarm.org.

Gregory BoyleDAWN FARM EDUCATION SERIES PRESENTS

Barking to the Choir:The Power of

Radical Kinship