by operations | Aug 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Art and Commentary by Dawn Blagrove Being a Black lawyer in North Carolina, where, in many counties, you have to walk past Confederate monuments to even begin to extract fairness from a biased criminal justice system, requires very tough skin. Compound being Black...
by operations | Aug 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Emancipate NC’s Toia Potts and Amanda Wallace from Operation Stop CPS hosted an Instagram Live event in August to celebrate the reunification of the family of Alexis Wynn. Alexis was separated from her two sons for over 3 years by Durham DSS. They finally reunited...
by operations | Aug 30, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News
In August, Emancipate NC’s Elizabeth Simpson filed another amicus brief about the racist and xenophobic history of marijuana enforcement in a pending criminal appeal, State v. Dobson. In the case, police searched a Black motorist’s car and all her passengers because...
by operations | Aug 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Last month, Emancipate NC’s Cierra Cobb and Dedan Wacuiri traveled to North Carolina A&T University to speak with HBCU students about Black capitalism and Black liberation. The students enjoyed hearing from our Freedom Fighters and are enthusiastic to continue the...
by operations | Aug 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
Emancipate NC’s Dawn Blagrove was invited to Goldsboro to speak at the book launch for Dr. Larry Monk. She discussed police interaction. Self actualization for Black folks. Part of that is being able to have the knowledge that we need to protect ourselves while we...
