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A Note from Our Executive Director: Dawn Blagrove

A Note from Our Executive Director: Dawn Blagrove

by operations | Dec 4, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

“Bent, But Not Broken” | Acrylic on repurposed canvas | 20×20 A quick note from our Executive Director, Dawn Blagrove: 2025 has been a gut punch. Tired, overwhelmed, underappreciated, beat down, back against the wall. Despite the fear, the weariness, the...
Dawn Blagrove Speaks at NC NOW Conference on “Resisting the Rollbacks NOW!”

Dawn Blagrove Speaks at NC NOW Conference on “Resisting the Rollbacks NOW!”

by operations | Nov 20, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

On Saturday, November 8, Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined advocates, organizers, and community leaders at this year’s North Carolina NOW Conference, themed “Resisting the Rollbacks NOW!” The full-day event (9:00 AM–4:00 PM) focused on confronting policies that...
Celebrating Black Women in Law: Dawn Blagrove Speaks at Rooted and Radiant: The Wonder of Us

Celebrating Black Women in Law: Dawn Blagrove Speaks at Rooted and Radiant: The Wonder of Us

by operations | Nov 20, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

On November 15, 2025, Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined Black women attorneys from across North Carolina for Rooted and Radiant: The Wonder of Us—a powerful gathering in Raleigh celebrating the brilliance, resilience, and collective strength of Black women in...
Emancipate NC at the Blueprint/SVA Convening in Asheville

Emancipate NC at the Blueprint/SVA Convening in Asheville

by operations | Nov 20, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

Emancipate NC Organizer Toia Potts and Strategic Director Elizabeth Simpson recently represented the organization at the Blueprint/Southern Vision Alliance Convening in Asheville, NC. The gathering brought together allies, partners, and funders from across the...
Update: Emancipate NC’s Fight Against Gender Bias in Jury Selection Featured in The Assembly

Update: Emancipate NC’s Fight Against Gender Bias in Jury Selection Featured in The Assembly

by operations | Nov 6, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

Earlier this year, we shared the story of Bryan Christopher Bell and Antwaun Kyral Sims — two men whose right to a fair trial was undermined when a North Carolina prosecutor admitted to removing a woman from the jury simply because she had children and expressed a...
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About

Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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PO Box 309
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 682-1149

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