The Homeboy Industries “Every Angeleno Counts” 5k is an opportunity for us to walk, run, and stand with thousands of former gang-members whose lives are being completely transformed. Every Angeleno can help dispel the myth that some lives matter less than

Each year over 12,00 former gang members from across Los Angeles come through Homeboy Industries’ doors in an effort to make a positive change. They are welcomed into a community of mutual kinship, love, and a wide variety of services ranging from tattoo removal to anger manangement and parenting classes.

Full-time employment is offered for more than 200 men and women at a time through an 18-month program that helps them re-indentify who they are in the world, offers job training so they can move on from Homeboy Industries and become contributing members of the community–Knowing they count.

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