“Boyle approaches each person as a child of God and fully deserving of love and compassion. His capacity to reach the heart of the most hardened, and to see the best in everyone, inspires.” – Kerry Kennedy, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

As the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest and most successful gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world, Father Gregory Boyle has dedicated his life to helping our most marginalized individuals find a place in society. He was recently named a White House Champion of Change. The author of Tattoos on the Heart, Father Boyle will distill decades of hard-earned wisdom into moving examples of the power of unconditional love and the importance of fighting despair.

As part of The Lynda and Bruce Thematic Learning Initiative, 500 copies of Strangers Drowning were given away in advance of MacFarquar's free talk at UCSB Campbell Hall. 

Strangers Drowning combines real-life stories of unimaginable selflessness along with deep meditations on the shocking implications of these ethical acts.