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About Us


​The National Alliance of Black Interpreters (NAOBI) Detroit chapter is a non-profit organization based in Detroit, Michigan. We were chartered in 2003 and became a 501 (c) (3) in 2017; our mission is to “Promote excellence and empowerment among African Americans/Blacks in the profession of sign language interpreting in the context of a multi-cultural/multi-lingual ​environment.” We offer events that galvanize and enrich the interpreting and deaf communities. Through professional development opportunities, we aim to increase awareness of the experiences of minority sign language interpreters and foster personal and professional growth among all in the vocation. We take pride in being able to serve such a culturally rich community.
NAOBI Detroit has partnered with the CATIE Center to bring you exciting programs that are geared toward certification and training. These programs include, Graduation to Certification, Mental and Behavioral health, Legal, and DeafBlind trainings. The unique thing about this partnership, it has an emphasis of recruiting Black/African American interpreters and inspiring interpreters.
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Stay in the “know” by signing up for the mailing list below. Programs
rolled out in 2018
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Catie Center
C.L.I.M.B
CALI
dbi
GTC
Mailing List

Board of Directors

​Yakata Nichols
President
naobidetroitpresident@gmail.com

Vacant
Vice President
naobidetroitvp@gmail.com

Vacant
Treasurer
naobidetroittreasurer@gmail.com

Vacant
Corresponding ​​​​​​​Secretary
naobidetroitsecretary@gmail.com
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Vacant
Secretary​​
naobidetroitsecretary@gmail.com

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Liaison
naobidetroitliaison@gmail.com

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Student Representative
​naobidetroitliaison@gmail.com


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Webmaster

naobidetroit8@gmail.com
President Bio
Supporting Member Bios

Meetings


​We meet every second Saturday of every month
(except June and December)
​from 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

​Meetings are postponed until further notice.

Welcome to NAOBI-Detroit!

NAOBI-Detroit
P.O. Box 44750
Detroit, MI. 48244
naobidetroit8@gmail.com​