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‘Walking in Grace’ Illustrates The Radical Transformation Of Former Gang Members

On this edition of Your Call, Alison Fogg Carlson joins us to discuss Walking in Grace: Miracles in a City of Angels, a collection of stories to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Homeboy Industries, an organization that provides education, therapy, job training, and tattoo removal services to former gang members in Los Angeles.

  Homeboy Industries provides a second chance at life to those who never had a first. What can we learn from former gang members who’ve gone through radical changes?

Guests:

Alison Fogg Carlson, publisher of Walking in Grace: Miracles in a City of Angels

Slam, Homeboy Industries graduate and student at the Pacific School of Religion pursuing a Masters in Divinity

Web Resources:

Walking in Grace

Healing Trauma: Beyond Gangs and Prisons (Brave New Films)

LAPD

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.