Orange Coast College's Counseling Latinos for Engagement and Equity (CLEEO) project will host Father Gregory Boyle, the founder and director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, to speak on April 25 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the CLEEO project center in GEC 109.
Boyle has authored several books and established the largest and most successful rehabilitation and re-entry program for former gang members worldwide.
Boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the so-called "decade of death" that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1,000 gang-related killings in 1992. In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence, he and parish and community members adopted a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings.
OCC's CLEEO Project provides cross-cultural learning opportunities for the campus community and supports the access and success of Latinos in higher education.
For registration of the event, contact ecuellar@occ.cccd.edu.