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.

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Don’t Plead to Weed

Protect your rights. Learn what you need to know about illegal weed and legal hemp at our resource site.

Dawn Blagrove, a Black woman in a red dress, stands smiling at a podium at the NC CRED symposium

Thrive Tribe

We aim to raise awareness around the injustices and unfairness in the foster care system within our communities. Learn about our work.

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Report an Encounter

Were you a victim of a police encounter? Report it on Emancipate NC’s Police Encounter Database!

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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

Get Trained on the Family Police

Get Trained on the Family Police

Don’t be fooled by the name–the “child welfare system” is another system with roots in white supremacy and slavery. Emancipate NC’s newest project...

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Celebrating Clemency

Celebrating Clemency

Phillip Vance Smith, II is an incarcerated man serving Life Without Parole in North Carolina’s state prisons. He is represented by Elizabeth Simpson...

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Racist Election Theft Today

Racist Election Theft Today

The racism and hatred that fueled the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 remains powerful in the State of North Carolina. Today, we see an example of white...

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Emancipate Goes to Wilmington

Emancipate Goes to Wilmington

Dawn Blagrove traveled to Wilmington, NC this week to join a Town Hall for Black citizens to voice their concerns in the current political moment...

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Year End Round-Up

Year End Round-Up

Two Emancipate NC clients, represented by Ian Mance, with the investigation assistance of Margaux Lander, had their Life Without Parole sentences...

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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.