by operations | Jan 29, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
By Dawn Blagrove, Emancipate NC Executive Director When America collectively took to the streets in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, you stood shoulder to shoulder with Black leaders and proclaimed that NOW you were finally awake and ready to slay the beast of...
by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Access to jail policies should be routine. When Emancipate NC requested records related to jail operations, other counties across the state responded promptly and in full. Durham County, however, took a very different approach. Instead of making the records available...
by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
The NAACP Sanford (Lee County) Branch officially launched its Justice Bus Tour with a powerful and timely presentation by Executive Director Dawn Blagrove, whose remarks left a lasting impression on community members of all ages. As a featured speaker for the...
by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Kerwin Pittman is making history. With the recent purchase of the former Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro, Pittman says he has become the first formerly incarcerated person in the United States to purchase a prison—and he plans to transform it into a space for...
by operations | Jan 15, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Pencil and felt-tip pen artwork by Jesse Graham while incarcerated A recent article in The Assembly by Sylvia A. Harvey, “A Narrow Window of Hope for People Sentenced to Die in Prison,” highlights how Emancipate NC is helping revive a long-forgotten North Carolina law...
