by operations | Feb 12, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
By Jaelyn Miller, Emancipate NC Attorney and Community Organizer After years of advocacy by Emancipate NC, the City of Raleigh has finally begun implementing its alternative response program, Raleigh CARES. In 2023, Emancipate NC helped convene a coalition of...
by operations | Jan 29, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
In the spring of 2023, two journalists drove through North Carolina to meet me at Nash Correctional Facility. Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer—the hosts of the true crime podcast Criminal—had spent about six months pestering the Department of Adult Correction (DAC) for...
by operations | Jan 29, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Events
By Dillon Sharpe, Emancipate NC Attorney On October 18, 2025, the North Carolina Central University School of Law Trial Advocacy Board (TAB) hosted its annual Willie Gary 2L/3L Opening and Closing Statement Competition. The event serves as a critical gateway for...
by operations | Jan 29, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
By Dillon Sharpe, Emancipate NC Attorney On November 10, 2025, Emancipate NC attorneys Dawn Blagrove and Dillon Sharpe traveled to Greensboro to stand in solidarity with Alisia Ray, Quinten Thomas, and Nathaniel Williams—three individuals who were violently arrested...
by operations | Jan 29, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
I celebrated my son Kimoni’s first birthday under surveillance. I brought him cake, gifts, and party favors—I wanted to make it as special as possible considering the fact that he was in foster care with strangers and I was being watched like a hawk by a social worker...
