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
Tilmon Golphin’s Life Matters: NC Supreme Court Ruling Gives Him and Others Reprieve from Death Row
by Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director In 1997, Tilmon Golphin was a 19-year-old child. (Above, Tilmon Golphin’s uncle holds a childhood photo of...
Exploring the Youth Justice Election Perspective
NJJN Membership Advisory Council Member Jorren Biggs talks with Emancipate NC's Justice Fellow Aneesha Tucker and California Youth Activist and...
Community Members Demand Cooper Release Incarcerated People at Risk of COVID-19
COVID-19 has spread rampantly through North Carolina’s state prisons, leaving thousands of incarcerated people infected and 12 dead. Still, NC...
WUNC Profiles Emancipate NC Community Organizer Kerwin Pittman
In their series "Calling for Change," WUNC has been talking with North Carolinians who are advocating for major changes in policing. On September...
As Protests (and Arrests) Continue Across State, Volunteer Attorneys Protect First Amendment
It has been three months since George Floyd protests began in North Carolina, and Emancipate NC has worked tirelessly to connect anti-racist...
My First Protest Experience
by Kyla Holton, Emancipate NC Justice League Fellow and senior at Garner Magnet High School I can so vividly remember the first protest that...
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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.