"Murphy to Manteo: Celebrating Statewide Reentry"
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OurJourney is proud to sponsor the reunions of the Nash Alumni Association, including its most recent reunion in Spring Hope, North Carolina. Below are photographs and one video from that reunion, along with numerous pictures and videos of the guys and friends from the group's previous three reunions. Enjoy!
NAA Reunion 4
Eli and Jennifer Shipman hosted a group of over 50 people at their farm in Spring Hope, NC for the fourth reunion of the Nash Alumni Association on June 25, 2022. The "Pig'n Chik'n Pik'n" event included a cookout, raffle prizes, team competitions, baby goat petting and an impromptu praise & worship performance by Lee Lyles (available as a short video on our brand new TikTok channel). Everybody left with a full belly, a door prize and a smile, including 15 former prisoners.

"It Still Ain't Easy Out Here"
"It Still Ain't Easy Out Here," the much-anticipated sequel to the video we premiered at NAA Reunion III (see below), is yet another "secretly obtained" video, except now Jimbo Nash has found employment! We get to see Jimbo on the very first day of his new job as a call center operator for a health insurance company. While he no longer needs to hide his criminal past, he still can't seem to shake it completely.
(Duration: 00:09:49)
NAA Reunion III
The NAA Reunion III was an event to remember. With nearly 60 people in attendance, including nearly 20 former Nash prisoners, it was a jammed-packed day of food, fellowship and fun. Guest speaker Ricky Rueda brought a message that encouraged and inspired; and the Calvary Chapel Praise & Worship Team and Lee Lyles stirred our hearts with song. Enjoy the pictures to the left and the videos below from NAA III.
(Updated 3/1/22 8:10 AM)

"Faithful Friends"
Set to the song "Faithful Friend," performed by Christian recording artists Twila Paris and Steven Curtis Chapman, this video was the opening presentation at NAA III. It tells the story in pictures of transitioning between life in prison and life in freedom. Many of the prisoners shown in the first half of this video are still incarcerated and still in our hearts.
(Duration: 00:05:32)

"Nab a N.A.B." intro
This is the opening clip for a game played at NAA III. All special guests, including former Nash employees and family members of Nash alumni, competed to see how good they were at matching clues with former NCI prisoners, or N.A.B.s, short for Nash Alumni Buddy. Taking a lighthearted cue from the hit show "COPS," this clip should put a smile on your face.
(Duration: 00:01:35)

"It Ain't Easy Out Here"
Have you ever wondered what it's like for a former prisoner to try to get a job? This video lets us eavesdrop on a "secretly obtained" phone conversation between Jimbo Nash, a man who just got out of prison after 20 years, and a prospective employer. The thing is, Jimbo conveniently failed to mention on his application that he ever spent time in prison. Get ready to laugh as he dances all around the subject of his incarceration.
(Duration: 00:10:58)