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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
Abolish Solitary Confinement Already
Personal commentary by Elizabeth Simpson If it wasn’t heartbreaking, it would be funny. Two weeks ago, the North Carolina Department of Public...
Victory In Alamance County!
Artwork by Dawn Blagrove Last week, we reported that Dawn Blagrove appeared in court in Alamance County to represent two witnesses who had been...
Attorney General Concedes Need for Hearing in Case Tainted by Jury Discrimination
Earlier this year, Emancipate NC published an Open Letter to Josh Stein, North Carolina’s Attorney General, challenging his first-term record on...
Emancipate NC Joins Anti-Confederate Monument Tour
Last week, Kerwin Pittman joined the ACLU of North Carolina and Durham Community Bail Fund on a tour of Confederate monuments in front of North...
Protest Defense Update
Photo was taken by Associate Director Elizabeth Simpson while legal observing in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 30, 2020. It has been more than a...
Defending The Right of Witnesses in Alamance County
Photo credit to the News & Observer October 4, 2021, Executive Director Dawn Blagrove pushed back against the systemic and institutional racism...
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