Welcome To National Association of Brothers and Sisters In & Out (N.A.B.S.I.O.)

About

NABSIO is

An Afrocentric Prison outreach geared toward combating cultural ignorance and functional illiteracy among African-American  in and out of prisons.

THE NABSIO CONCEPT:

GOALS

To raise the cultural, spiritual, and political consciousness of the incarcerated African-American through the study of African-American History.

Provide liaison activity between the incarcerated African-American populace and their families and communities.

To build a speakers bureau, from a pool of ex-offenders and prison ministries as a criminal behavior deterrent.

Encourage guest speakers to visit, through NABSIO’s Speakers Bureau, regularly.

To build a working support network composed of volunteer family members and organizations.

To establish Journey Houses and offer other alternatives to recidivism institutionalization.

To encourage a more active participation from black churches into the prisons.

Encourage continued post-Afrocentric studies to parolees and their families.

Create and develop entrepreneurial projects for unemployable ex-offenders.

Other Programs

GEORGE JACKSON UNIVERSITY

Black Star University

NABSIO’s ten step re-entry program.

NABSIO’s Speakers Bureau.

PROJECT R.E.A.D. (Reading for the Elderly and disabled).

Post-incarceration Readjustment Counseling (individual and group).

Each One, Teach One, TO REACH ONE Sponsorship Program.

THE CUTTING EDGE NEWS YOUTH PROJECT

YOUTH/COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAM.

Movement to Amend 13th Amendment of the Constitution.

NABSIO JOURNEY HOUSE

NABSIO’s MATAH Ex-Offender Network

Inner city youth media project 

NABSIO ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

NABSIO is currently established in correctional institutions, federal and state, numbering nearly 100 facilities with a student-inmate database of nearly 3,000.

OUR MOTTO

Help us turn every Prison into a University and every Prison Cell into a Classroom for Afrocentric Study!