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