NAOBI is the National Alliance of Black Interpreters. It is an organization comprised of African American/Black Sign Language Interpreters. NAOBI was established by a core group of interpreters who felt the need to bring cohesion and support to an underrepresented group of interpreters; to share commonalities, find solutions that would eradicate discrimination from the interpreting field, provide professional training and promote excellence and empowerment among African Americans/Blacks in the profession of sign language interpreting within the context of a multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment.