Dismantling Structural Racism and Mass Incarceration Across North Carolina
Through community education, narrative shift, and litigation, Emancipate NC supports North Carolina’s people as they free themselves from mass incarceration and structural racism.
Don’t Plead to Weed
Protect your rights. Learn what you need to know about illegal weed and legal hemp at our resource site.
Carolina Parent Defenders
Our sister organization was founded by Toia and Elizabeth, a directly-impacted mom and her lawyer. CPD defends parents against involuntary separation from their kids.
Report an Encounter
Were you a victim of a police encounter? Report it on Emancipate NC’s Police Encounter Database!
Raleigh HEART
Get involved in the community-driven initiative to decrease the number of armed police encounters with community members experiencing mental health crises.
Latest News and Updates
They Fought Back: The Fuller Twins, the Police State, and the Long Tradition of Black Resistance
Emancipate NC Organizer Dedan Waicuri In a nation that still decorates its foundations with chains, shackles, and badges, the story of La’Dainian...
Greenville Free Legal Information Friday
Starting July 25 and again on August 1, 2025, Emancipate NC’s Dedan Waciuri and Attorney Dillon Sharpe will be hosting Free Legal Information...
Court Update: Justice for Anthony Drayton
On June 25, 2025, Emancipate NC team members Dillon Sharpe, Dedan Waciuri, and Brandon Scicluna traveled to the Pitt County Courthouse to stand in...
We Fight for Free Speech
Commentary by Dillon Sharpe On July 7, 2025, Emancipate NC Attorney Dillon Sharpe successfully defended a client in Mecklenburg County Superior...
We Ain’t Going Nowhere
Art Credit Kay Zeiss; Commentary by Krupa Bharodiya Ashanti McClean is 33 years old and has spent over a decade living openly as a trans woman....
Investing in People, Not Cops, Works!
Commentary by Dawn Blagrove Investing in people is the answer to so many social Ills. The carceral system, fraught with systemic and institutional...
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Through community education and mobilization, we work to dismantle structural racism and mass incarceration in North Carolina. Your gift today helps us fight for a just future.