Today President Biden will present the Medal of Freedom to 19 Americans, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Among those recipients is Father Greg Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries.
Homeboy Industries is the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program founded almost 40 years ago in Boyle Heights.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony will be hosted at the White House at 1:30 p.m. PT and can be viewed via livestream here.