by operations | Feb 13, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Last November, Kerwin Pittman drove hours to Peachland, North Carolina — a town in Anson County — to buy a bus. On the drive back to Raleigh, he said, he was just hoping it wouldn’t break down. After all, he had a big dream for it. Three months later, he has...
by operations | Feb 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Events
As you know, sore loser candidate Jefferson Griffin is demanding that the court do the unthinkable: throw away the lawful votes of 60,000 North Carolinians and overturn his loss in the 2024 state Supreme Court election. Griffin’s scheme is dangerous, disingenuous, and...
by operations | Jan 29, 2025 | Emancipate NC News
Don’t forget to register for our CLE on February 7, all day in Durham. And bring your friends! Register here→
by operations | Jan 29, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Don’t be fooled by the name–the “child welfare system” is another system with roots in white supremacy and slavery. Emancipate NC’s newest project is the Carolina Parent Defenders. We will be the first organization dedicated to representing parents who have been...
by operations | Jan 29, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Phillip Vance Smith, II is an incarcerated man serving Life Without Parole in North Carolina’s state prisons. He is represented by Elizabeth Simpson at Emancipate NC. He wrote this reflection on Governor Cooper’s clemency actions. When former Governor Roy Cooper...
