Day 16 | Returning to Themselves
“At Homeboy Industries, education breaks cycles of social resource inequities and racial oppression. And, like a tree planted beside the waters, I return to myself through communion with homies in higher education.”
Dan Simonds is a second year Jesuit Volunteer who, after a year teaching at Detroit Cristo Rey High School, is continuing his westward trek from the smallest town, Warren, in the smallest state, Rhode Island. He is serving in 2018-2019 as a Student Services Coordinator at Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California. Dan calls Gordon College—a small Christian liberal arts college near Boston—his alma mater.
