Homeboy Industries is a world-class organization that provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. 

Why is cultural humility important in our practice at Homeboy Industries? The answer is that even though we might look alike, we have different lived experiences based on ethnic or religious affiliations, family and even work, school, or social group culture. Our lived experiences color the way in which we view the world. This training session will focus on discussing the effects of intersectionality, the complexity of our identities, and the multiple forms of oppression that exist within our varied backgrounds and lived experience. Together, we will explore how a deeper understanding of cultural humility can help us as practitioners to build relationships that facilitate healing for our clients, while we listen and learn from one another.