Homies Sit in Front: Homeboy Industries Assumes its Voice in the Classroom
Homies—a familiial term used at Homeboy Industries—in higher education harness their resilience accumulated through years of profound life experience.
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Entries by Daniel Simonds
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.”
Christ Before Me, Christ Behind Me: God Made Visible through a Year of Teaching
As a Jesuit Volunteer, in the face of injustice I can eschew an attitude of charity and, instead, embrace what welcomes relationship: accompaniment.