We're honored to welcome an internationally renowned and highly respected leader for a powerful and meaningful dialogue focused on the experiences of returning citizens, the challenges of re-entry, and the journey of rehabilitation. Don't miss this special opportunity to be part of a transformative conversation that promises insight, connection, and inspiration for all.
Look Back at this Year's Event
Where
Bethel AME Church
100 Wachusett St, Boston, MA
Roxbury, MA
When
Friday, October 17, 2025
Doors Open 6:00pm
Program Starts 6:45pm
Father Greg Boyle
HomeBoy Industries, Los Angeles
A native Angeleno and Jesuit priest, from 1986 to 1992 Father Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city.
In 1988, he started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women who walk through its doors every year seeking a better life.
Father Boyle is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. His second book, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship, was published in 2017.
He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of Fame. In 2014, President Obama named Father Boyle a Champion of Change. He received the University of Notre Dame's 2017 Laetare Medal, the oldest honor given to American Catholics. Currently, he serves as a committee member of California Governor Gavin Newsom's Economic and Job Recovery Task Force as a response to COVID-19.
Andrea Joy Campbell
Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On January 18, 2023, Andrea Joy Campbell was sworn in to be the 45th Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pledging to build economic prosperity and stability for all residents, prioritize the mental health and well-being of children, stop cycles of incarceration and violence and ensure the people across the state have access to the AG's Office regardless of their zip code, language or ability.
Growing up in Roxbury, Andrea's life was filled with instability. When Andrea was eight months old, she lost her mother to a car accident while going to visit her father in prison. She and her brothers bounced around - living with relatives and sometimes in foster care - until her father got out of prison when she was eight years old, and she met him for the first time.
Andrea and her family relied on public housing and food assistance while her grandmother struggled with alcoholism. Her two brothers sadly cycled in and out of the prison system. She lost her twin brother Andre, when he passed away while in the custody of the Department of Corrections as a pre-trial detainee.
Through all of this, Andrea persevered. Thanks to loving relatives, community support and a network of teachers who encouraged her, she turned pain into purpose. In 2015, Andrea successfully ran for the Boston City Council becoming the first woman to represent District 4 on the Council. In 2018, she was unanimously elected City Council President - the first Black woman to hold the title.