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A Reflection by Executive Director Dawn Blagrove

Feb 26, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

“Restoring Justice” 20×24 acrylic by Dawn Blagrove

As an attorney, this moment in American history is frightening and upending. The rule of law should have always been the guardrails protecting Democracy from falling off the rails. Restoration is long overdue.

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Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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