by operations | Jul 6, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events
This year on September 9 in Durham marks the sixth annual Poetic Justice event! At Poetic Justice, artists share their spoken word and poetry to bring the voices of the incarcerated to people in the community. Long-time collaborator Hausson Byrd will return this...
by operations | Jul 6, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
On the Black Light Mass Incarceration Show podcast, Cierra Cobb interviewed Elizabeth Kipp, an addiction recovery coach, Ancestral Clearing practitioner, and yoga and meditation teacher. Kipp specializes in chronic pain, stress management, and trauma-informed yoga....
by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Team Emancipate is excited to announce a new menu of local policies that reduce or constrain the footprint of armed police to help make our communities genuinely safer, anywhere you live in North Carolina. Developed by a team of Duke Law students and Emancipate...
by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation, Policing
The Durham Safety and Wellness Task Force was convened with the mission to develop proposals to increase the safety and wellness of all of Durham’s residents. Emancipate’s Toia Potts is a member of the Task Force, appointed by the Durham County Commission. Over the...
by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
The room at the WG Pearson Center last Friday was full. Emancipate NC and representatives from the Movement for Family Power, Civil Rights Corps, and Operation Stop CPS brought together impacted parents, community members, social workers, law students, and lawyers for...
