G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles

by Celeste Fremon, Tom Brokaw (Introduction)

Overview

This is an updated edition of the story of the gang scene in East L.A. and Father Gregory Boyle's innovative ministry and economic development efforts in the area.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826344854
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	08/16/2008
Edition description:	Updated and expanded edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Celeste Fremon is a freelance journalist living in Los Angeles. She has retained close ties with Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries, and the East L.A. Pico neighborhood residents.

Editorial Reviews

"Cops, rabbis, judges, janitors, teachers, talk show hosts, citizens: Read G-Dog and the Homeboys!"

From the Publisher

Father Greg Boyle admits that East Los Angeles can be a grim place: "A great many kids in my neighborhood don't plan their futures; they plan their funerals." But the Jesuit priest refuses to accept eulogies as his major job assignment. Working since 1986 in the poorest parish in the Los Angeles diocese, "Father Greg" has run Jobs for a Future, an ambitious, albeit cash-strapped program that has helped thousands of gang members discover a life beyond the death mill. G-Dog and The Homeboys presents the story Boyle's unconventional ministry and its extraordinary successes.