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From Brave New Films, Healing Trauma: Beyond Gangs & Prisons follows the transformative stories of former gang members as they share their childhood mental and physical abuse, growing up in the gang lifestyle, and the hope they have found at Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. Hig... See more

Homeboy Industries • Healing Trauma: Beyond Gangs & Prisons

If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives. William Blake wrote, “We are put on earth for a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.” Turns out this is what we all have in common, gang member and nongang member alike: we’re ju

Gregory Boyle • Tattoos on the Heart_ the Power of Boundless Compassion

We need to do better as a society, and understand that, yes, there are people in the system that deserve this kind of punishment, but a large majority of our prison population are just regular people… non-violent drug offenders like myself. There are plenty more, like me, that are capable of being responsible, productive, tax paying members of soci... See more

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Catherine Hoke • A Second Chance: For You, For Me, And For The Rest Of Us

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Noah Levine • Dharma Punx

a community of friends and neighbors that provide both safety net and spring board—support when things are hard, and celebration when things are especially good. We, in turn, provide those things for them.

Mia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

God, I pray first of all for the brothers and sisters in this jail, that you might strengthen them. I pray for the people who come to the Downtown Chapel to get something to eat and for the staff that provides for them; I pray for all the poor; I pray in thanksgiving for all the people who help me here and for Father Gary, who comes to see me. Plea

Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor

Over time, gangs began licensing their model to freelancers, known in the industry as “affiliates”. When an affiliate buys the right to use a gang’s software and branding, they also gain access to its credibility. The gang in turn tries to enforce protocols so that its reputation is not undermined by the actions of freelancers. “It is strictly forb... See more

Amanda Chicago Lewis • Secrets of a ransomware negotiator

Working With the Olympians: Inside Traba’s Intense Culture

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