I was recently given the opportunity to spend a couple of days at Homeboy Industries, an organization which offers job training, tattoo removal, and mental health services free of charge to former gang members. For those not raised in a neighborhood dominated by gang violence, it is difficult to appreciate how seductive gang membership is and also how difficult it is to extricate one's self from a gang when it permeates virtually every aspect of daily life. In the following days I will be posting a series of portraits of the men and women, girls and boys hoping and working to leave gang life behind. I hope that these images do them justice.
Please visit www.homeboy-industries.org/ to find out more.
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