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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.
Latest News and Updates
Emancipate NC Settles Claim Against RPD
Photo Credit: Ben McKeown, News Observer Throughout Summer 2020, Emancipate NC supported protests after the tragic and brutal police murder...
Emancipate NC Supports Elizabeth City
Last week, Kerwin Pittman and Dedan Waciuri traveled to Elizabeth City, North Carolina to attend a nonpartisan NAACP candidate...
Encouraging Public Schools to Adopt Restorative Practices
One important way to keep teenagers out of the criminal legal system is to implement restorative practices in our public schools. Restorative...
Introducing Peace Not Police
Dedan Wacuiri is Emancipate NC’s Organizer in Greenville, North Carolina (Pitt County). He and his community are already engaged in work to educate...
Emancipate NC Raises A Billboard in Tyrrell County
Community members in Columbia, North Carolina (Tyrrell County) are ready for the offensive and racist Confederate monument at their courthouse to be...
A Last Visit With Mom
One of the indignities of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety is the way that they so often refuse to accommodate basic humanitarian...
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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 just future.