by operations | Jan 19, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
In Greenville, NC, Emancipate is working as part of the Peace Not Police coalition to build alternative structures for authentic community safety. Long-time community members like Jerome Wilson are essential to that cause. Such “anchor neighbors” provide safety and...
by operations | Jan 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Commentary by Dedan Waciuri To know King? Or to love King? Kwame Ture (previously known as Stokely Charmichael) once stated that, “It is one thing to love King, but how well do we know King?” This question, raised during his speech at Spelman College, was meant to...
by operations | Jan 4, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Recently, on the Black Light Mass Incarceration Show, Emancipate NC’s Cierra Cobb interviewed April Barber. In 2022, April earned one of the first commutations from Governor Roy Cooper from the Juvenile Sentencing Review Board. April went into prison pregnant at...
by operations | Dec 15, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Image by Amanda Denise, NewsChannel 12. School Resource Officers are supposed to keep students safe — but like most police in this country, they are actually trained to view the very people they are supposed to protect as the enemy. At North Pitt High School in...
by operations | Dec 15, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Photo depicts some of the attendees at a Roundtable event at Duke Law School to discuss “Keeping Families Together in Durham County” held on December 6, 2022. Last month, we reported that Emancipate NC sued the Durham County Department of Social...
