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Our Mission
LINC, Inc.'s mission is to educate and motivate youth to make positive life choices and to empower men and women returning from incarceration to be productive members of our community.
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Leading Into New Communities, Inc. (LINC, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Wilmington North Carolina that provides transitional living and case management services to meet the immediate needs of men and women returning from prison. We also offer culturally-specific youth development services for African American young men ages 16-24.
Learn MoreWhat We Believe
Positive, supportive re-entry is in the best interest of the community with respect to public safety, a more fully employed population, a decrease in substance abuse activities, and decrease in crime rates. Sustainable resources and intensive support assist justice-involved individuals and significantly reduces recidivism.
Learn MoreLinc, Inc. Believes in
#SecondChances
We Believed, so We Built It
With proper support, guidance, and social networking, individuals returning from incarceration can contribute great value to the community.
Our efforts to provide supportive services and programs are centered around the Residential Re-Entry Program at the M. E. Roberts Transitional Campus. LINC, Inc. provides transitional housing, job training, educational opportunities, substance abuse treatment, and health and medical services.
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SEEDS FOR MARVIN
COMPELLED BY A FAMILY TRAGEDY, FRANKIE ROBERTS STARTED LINC TO PROVIDE HOPE, SKILLS AND COMMUNITY FOR MEN AND WOMEN COMING OUT OF PRISON AND ADDICTION.
“NO ONE WANTS TO BE REMINDED OF THEIR WORST MISTAKE”
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Structured Enrichment
Serving African American Youth
Our goal is to encourage a change in thinking that in turn influences behavior. Ultimately, through the LITE Manhood Program, LINC, Inc. is working to “break the cycle of crime.”
Thinking + Feeling = Character/Behavior/ Problem
Serving the community
Our PEOPLE
Frankie Roberts
Executive Director
Ashley C. Wells, PhD, MPH
Board Chair
Tracy Wilkinson
Board Vice Chair
Everything changes
LINC News and Updates
February 2022 Newsletter
In this month’s newsletter we will Celebrate Black History Month, give some information on the very significant Pathway Home Project…
December 2021 Newsletter
All of us at LINC are so grateful for the support you continue to provide in order that we can…
Happy Thanksgiving from LINC!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!All of us at LINC want you to know how much we appreciate you and are thankful for your…
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Tyre Nichols' life will be honored at Memphis funeral![]()
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Tyre Nichols will be remembered by friends, family, community members and activists at a funeral Wednesday in a Memphis, Tennessee, church.![]()
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The funeral comes weeks after Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and later died from his injuries.![]()
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Tyre Nichols' life will be honored at Memphis funeral
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He will be remembered by friends and family at a funeral in a Memphis church.
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