Naobi.org
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Welcome to the National Alliance of Black Interpreters, Inc. Online
Description
NAOBI is a non-profit organization. NAOBI was born out of the 1987 NBDA Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Sharon Winfield Smith was instrumental in obtaining a workshop specifically for African American/Black interpreters during the NBDA Conference. Ms. Smith conducted this historical workshop along with the help of Martin Herrega and Pamela (Dinkins) Furline. The workshop focus was to obtain information from various interpreters from around the country and their issues and concerns. By the close of the morning session, it was decided that the 80+ persons in attendance) should officially form an organization that would foster the growth and development of Black interpreters who serve the Black Deaf Community. The biggest supporter of this endeavor, of course, was NBDA under the leadership of Sheryl Emory. Towards that goal, a chairperson and regional representatives were elected to begin the development and to establish the organizational structure.
As the organization began the development process, surveys were sent to each regional representative for input of an official name. After several months of mail, telephone calls and deep thought, finally all regions represented agreed upon a name. The name was the recommendation of Reichelle (Pamela) Anderson, Detroit Regional Representative. The name, The National Alliance of Black Interpreters (NAOBI). New York and Washington, D.C. were he only two working chapters in existence at this time.
As NAOBI began to grow, two invitations were extended for Board seats and accepted from NBDA and then NRID (ITOC). Additionally, NBDA committed to using only NAOBI interpreters for their conferences. This commitment became reality at the 1988 NBDA conference in Detroit, Michigan under the direction of Acting Executive Director of NBDA, Celeste Owens(Samuels). Reichelle (Pamela) Anderson and Glenn Stewart were instrumental in securing a grant that provided funding for interpreters expenses.
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