The Nehemiah Empowerment Project is a non-profit organization geared primarily to preparing, equipping, and developing incarcerated individuals to successfully transition back into their respective communities as leaders, and positive role models. The Nehemiah Empowerment Project’s purpose is to significantly reduce recidivism by educating, equipping, enriching, and empowering individuals reenteri
ng society from periods of incarceration to live successful lives through systematic and strategic training programs of leadership principles, technical and vocational awareness, entrepreneurship, and employment opportunities. Our programs also include initiatives to strengthen families by providing workshops, conferences, and dinners aimed at the different components inclusive in the families. Whether between the father/mother, father/daughter, father/son, mother/daughter, mother/son, or husband and wife, our agenda is to create and foster stronger and safer communities by investing to build stronger, more stable families. To maximize our impact on current efforts, we may seek to collaborate with other non-profit organizations which fall under the 501(c)(3) section of the internal revenue code and are operated exclusively for religious, educational, and charitable purposes
We provide education by conducting seminars, holding classes expressly geared to equipping our core focus group in several key, critical, and crucial areas. These events are held on a recurring basis to reiterate and reinforce principles that lead to pro-social thinking
At times, per the discretion of the board of directors, we may provide internships or volunteer opportunities, which shall provide opportunities for involvement in said activities and programs in order to have a greater impact for change.
