Strength. Stability. Second Chances.
Join us for a spiritually transformative process, focused on self-defense training, physical fitness education, and mental health support for incarcerated families. Together, we can restore our community from the “inside” out!.
EDUCATE Incarcerated Families WITH US Today
Join Our Mission for H.I.M.
H = Homelessness
I = Incarceration
M = Mental Health Challenges
Become a part of our community support network for justice-impacted youth and families. Together, we can provide essential resources and training to these families, starting in New York City, and then globally helping them thrive and overcome systemic barriers.
Your involvement can make a significant difference in their lives!
WHAT WE DO: OUR PROGRAMMING MODULES
Wrong Product Program™ (Flagship)
Our flagship Wrong Product Program educates formerly criminal-minded individuals on how to transfer strategic thinking, risk management, and operational skills into legitimate enterprise, workforce development, and economic stability.
Akengbuwa Self-Defense Training Academy™
Akengbuwa Self-Defense Training provides trauma-informed physical training focused on awareness, confidence, and personal safety for seniors, women, and children in communities most impacted by violence and instability.
AI for the Block™ – Digital Literacy for Youth
AI for the Block™ delivers beginner-to-intermediate artificial intelligence literacy, helping community members build future-ready skills, digital confidence, and economic mobility in an AI-driven world.
Empowering Lives + Educating Minds = Elevated Communities!
Support for Incarcerated Families
The Nat Turner Rebel Development Organization is dedicated to empowering incarcerated families through economic empowerment, self-defense training, physical fitness education, and mental health assistance.
We focus on community support in New York City, aiming to uplift those impacted by the criminal justice system, especially those held at Rikers Island.
About us
Nat Turner Rebel Development Organization, Inc. (NITRO) exists to provide self-defense training, physical fitness education, mental health assistance, and economic empowerment for incarcerated individuals and their families. We foster pathways to family reintegration, addressing housing, medical, and economic barriers created by the criminal justice system.
NAT TURNER REBEL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, INC.
Look Us Up!
Nat Turner Rebel Development Organization, Inc.
EIN: 99-3059094
Certified by IRS as a 501(C)3 Not-for-Profit Organization.
DUNS #132817855
New York State Certified Charity:
#50-31-38