by operations | Dec 11, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
In September, Emancipate NC hosted our seventh annual Poetic Justice event, welcoming a variety of poets to the Global Breath space. Church Da Poet read a poem written by an incarcerated Emancipate NC client, Phillip Vance Smith, II. Mesinjah sang a song about ending...
by operations | Dec 11, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League
This Fall, Emancipate NC welcomed 31 new Justice League members from across the State of North Carolina. Please join us in congratulating our largest cohort yet! Nyesha Adkins, a mother of five, is a born native of Rocky Mount, NC. She is passionate about helping the...
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Catch Emancipate NC’s Ian Mance on the North Carolina Advocates for Justice podcast. Twenty-five years ago, North Carolina was the first state to create a database of traffic stops to track possible racial profiling. Today, that database has 36 million traffic stops....
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
After a coalition press conference demanding prison releases due to overcrowding caused by Hurricane Helene, Emancipate NC joined Disability Rights NC, the ACLU of North Carolina, and six other human rights advocacy groups in a call for action. Emancipate NC was...
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
In early 2023, Emancipate NC launched the Raleigh HEART Coalition, a diverse group of stakeholders all dedicated to bringing unarmed, compassionate, alternative crisis response to the City of Raleigh. This effort was modeled after the successful HEART program in...
