Dismantling Structural Racism and Mass Incarceration Across North Carolina
Through community education, narrative shift, and idea incubation, Emancipate NC supports North Carolina’s people as they free themselves from mass incarceration and structural racism.
Latest News and Updates
Re-evaluating the Cost and Consequences of Cops in Schools
During the month of October 2020, thousands of people are participating in National Youth Justice Awareness Month (YJAM) activities throughout the...
Watch Now: The Impact of Incarceration on Communities, Families, and Children
On October 13, 2020, the Wilson Branch of the NC NAACP hosted a conversation on the impact of incarceration on communities, families, and children,...
Surry and Stokes County Judges Prohibit Masks with “Emblems” and Emancipate NC Fights Back
On September 17, 2020, Superior Court Judge Angela B. Puckett and Chief District Court Judge William F. Southern III issued an order prohibiting...
Emancipate NC’s Kerwin Pittman Appears on UNC TV’s Black Issues Forum to Discuss Defunding the Police
After a summer of protests demanding changes from law enforcement, the intensity of those demonstrations has waned. But calls for reform have not....
New Billboards Affirm Black Lives in Harnett County
In late September, Emancipate NC partnered with Breathe (Board for a Racially Equitable Transformed Harnett County) Harnett to raise additional...
Emancipate NC Working to Make Sure Incarcerated People Get COVID-19 Relief Payments
Emancipate NC is working on efforts to make sure incarcerated people get the CARES Act stimulus funds (COVID-19 payments) they are entitled to. In...
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Through community education and mobilization, we work to dismantle structural racism and mass incarceration in North Carolina. We are also home to the Freedom Fighter Bond Fund that provides bond money and legal defense costs for activists facing arrest and legal jeopardy for causes related to racial, social, gender, economic, and environmental injustice. Your gift today helps us fight for a better, more equitable tomorrow.