by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Team Emancipate is proud to be part of a new national coalition, United for Democracy, to “shine a spotlight on the impact of this Supreme Court on our families, our communities, our freedoms, and our democracy.” Emancipate knows as well as anyone how much power lies...
by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
We wrote in our last newsletter about the significance of Black activist Dejuana Bigelow’s legal victory in a defamation case brought against her by a Confederate monument supporter. That significance was not lost on the pro-justice community of Alamance County. In a...
by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Manasi Deorah is a rising 2L at UNC Law, and is excited to be with Emancipate NC this summer! She is primarily interested in movement lawyering and passionate about community organizing, on both the personal and professional level. She is also looking forward to being...
by operations | Jun 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Last week, the INDY Week covered our $350,000 settlement with the City of Raleigh in litigation about a wrongful home raid executed against Yolanda Irving and Kenya Walton and their families: During the 16 months the case was fought in civil court, lawyers...
by operations | Jun 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
In October 2021 and in December 2022, we covered developments in an Alamance County defamation suit against a Black anti-racist activist, Dejuana Bigelow, and the role that Emancipate NC has played in the case over time. Last week, Ms. Bigelow and her attorneys, Erika...
