by operations | Feb 2, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
Even when the long shadow of structural racism and white supremacy falls more quietly upon Black and brown communities, it is still harmful. The Move the Monument Coalition Edenton-Chowan has been fighting to remove a Confederate monument in Edenton, NC, one of the...
by operations | Feb 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Image credit: Bob Karp (@photopup) In the wake of police murders, Emancipate responds. Gone are the days when Raleigh PD can direct the media narrative and make undisputed claims that its officers’ killings are “justified force.” On Tuesday, January 24, we...
by operations | Feb 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Emancipate NC seeks to build a vision — and reality — of authentic safety and wellness for our communities. We seek to dismantle systems of structural racism that mean that Black people are over-policed, over-incarcerated, and over-regulated – all...
by operations | Feb 1, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
The following is commentary by Elizabeth Simpson about the trial of Lester Kearney, and Emancipate NC’s role in shifting the narrative in the case, in the face of unethical prosecution tactics. Lester Kearney is an innocent man. Or, at least, he’s absolutely innocent...
by operations | Feb 1, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Art by Dawn Blagrove For some time, Team Emancipate has been investigating the Durham County Department of Social Services (DSS). Last fall, we released a report full of county-level reforms to make Durham’s child welfare system work better for kids and their...
