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Legal Grounds | Fr. Greg Boyle
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There’s a lot that the pandemic continues to teach me, even as we move along in this slow journey towards something close to normal.
But my guest today probably summed it up best when he says, “a lot of people are used to being watched, very few of them feel seen.”
While the context is centered around those who suffer inside of gang communities, I think Fr. Greg Boyle - perhaps unwittingly - is diagnosing something we’ve all felt this past year-and-a-half as we stare at ourselves in the small corner of a ZOOM call.
Fr. Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang rehabilitation program in the world. And despite the loads of research by sociologist and ‘plans’ put forward by policy makers, Homeboy Industries has found its success in one simple tenant - we all belong to each other.
Thankfully I do little of the talking in this episode, but I was thrilled to be able to chat with someone who witnesses first-hand the hardships many of us only read about.
As someone who operates inside the justice system, this conversation was a good reminder that at its core, “justice is what love looks like in public.”
And Fr. Boyle isn’t just out there ‘talking the talk’ - though he is a TED speaker and author of two separate books - one of which was a NYT Bestseller. He is a change maker of the highest order, and I was so privileged to steal some time from his busy schedule to visit.
Enjoy the show.
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