by Mandie Sellars | Apr 23, 2019 | Emancipate NC News
This April, CJPC board member Kristie Puckett-Williams, the regional field director for the ACLU of North Carolina, joined Mecklenburg DA Spencer Merriweather, Mecklenburg district court judge Elizabeth Trosch, and Mecklenburg public defender Kevin Tully on the WFAE...
by Mandie Sellars | Apr 14, 2019 | Emancipate NC News
This April, the Raleigh Chapter of the Links, Incorporated honored CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove with an Emerald Award at their 70th Anniversary Gala. The Emerald Award is an annual recognition program honoring women who have made significant contributions to...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 14, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Every day at CJPC, we teach communities across North Carolina about the power their local elected officials have to make our criminal justice system more equitable, fair, and humane. Judges are one of the officials we talk a lot about, because their courtrooms are...
by Mandie Sellars | Feb 19, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On February 16, the Alamance County NAACP kicked off their latest movement, “Stand Against Countywide Acts of Racial & Immigrant Criminalization” in an event that featured CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove. At this gathering, Blagrove talked to the...
by Mandie Sellars | Feb 19, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
In January, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove traveled to Smithfield, North Carolina, to provide a Vote4Justice training for members of the African-American Caucus of the Johnston County Democratic Party and other community advocates. On February 17, several of...
