From Gangs to Growth: Father Greg Boyle on Healing and Hope in a first look of RESILIENCE with Richard Cabral
REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Join Richard Cabral as he sits down with Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, in this inspiring episode of RESILIENCE. Explore the transformative journey from gang life to community leadership, and discover how healing-centered approaches are changing lives. Father Greg shares profound insights from his decades of work, offering hope and practical wisdom for anyone interested in social justice and personal transformation.
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Key moments:
- 00:05:00 - The origins of Homeboy Industries
- 00:15:14 - Shift from job-centric to healing-centric approach
- 00:30:00 - Challenges of drug addiction and mental health in the community
- 00:39:37 - The power of relational wholeness
- 00:47:13 - Finding one's true self through love and community
- 00:54:00 - Balancing targeted help with community inclusivity
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You know, that was kind of magical. |
| 0:02.0 | Yeah. First of all, you being here, coming here, working here, the bakery, |
| 0:06.0 | and then, you know, I think it was the extra stuff, |
| 0:09.0 | it was what happened first, and then... |
| 0:11.0 | So I remember, you know, we had the computer and we were going to |
| 0:14.4 | have council and somebody said oh you have to see this so we all gathered around |
| 0:19.8 | and they said it's Richard and he's in you know Southland and it's the scene where you're digging the grave |
| 0:26.7 | Right right right |
| 0:28.6 | Unbrievricking believable we all stood here and I don't know what we thought |
| 0:34.7 | Right. We thought well good for him. You know? |
| 0:37.2 | He's doing no extra work. Yeah extra work and you know and okay. |
| 0:42.0 | Please watch this so we all whatever there were ten of us or something |
| 0:46.1 | and we're standing around this computer slack jawed we were blown away by that scene because in that scene you really were digging your grave |
| 0:58.8 | Yeah, yeah and and it was scaring us for you. |
| 1:03.6 | We were all going, oh shit. |
| 1:05.9 | I mean, we were speechless after we watched that scene. |
| 1:09.8 | That was kind of when we went, |
| 1:11.2 | this guy has something special. Hey pops, I'm good I got to you. |
| 1:25.0 | Oh my God, what did you? |
| 1:28.0 | Your actual copy, right? |
| 1:30.0 | Where are you? |
| 1:31.0 | I'm in opening, you gotta do the the whole opening thing doesn't matter is a California |
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