by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League
Emancipate NC mobilizes and trains youth and justice-impacted people of all ages in a fellowship program called the Justice League. We are currently seeking nominations of formerly-incarcerated people, justice-impacted people, and youth impacted by incarceration to...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Even in a system that has already done so much harm to Toia Potts’ family, DSS illegally directing the clerk of court not to file adoption petitions on behalf of her children’s biological kin still seemed almost unbelievable. And yet these actions were exactly what...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Team Emancipate and the rest of the Raleigh Demands Justice coalition have been calling for accountability and the implementation of our six demands since Raleigh PD murdered Darryl Williams. Last month, we welcomed reinforcements to this fight in the form of attorney...
by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
For Team Emancipate, the work to transform “child welfare” is personal. It is shaped by the experiences of Toia Potts, a grieving mother and Emancipate’s newest organizer. Durham’s family policing system terminated her parental rights for two boys after she spent...
by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Last month, we shared our first set of infographics to visualize data from the Durham Department of Social Services. Our latest findings reinforce Toia’s personal experience: as we continue to review the public records – which DSS denied to us until we sued them...
