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November Report: The H.E.A.R.T. Coalition
The H.E.A.R.T. Coalition has had a big November! At the Nov. 7th Raleigh City Council meeting, the city manager's office presented an update on alternative response programs. The information presented was very much in line with the initial H.E.A.R.T. proposal. ...
Free James Richardson Holiday Rally
Mark your calendars for the Free James Richardson Holiday Rally on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at 1:00 pm at the North Carolina Executive Mansion, 298 E Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601. James was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences without parole and has been...
Now is the Time! Rally for Commutation, Community, & Compassion
Join Team Emancipate's Kerwin Pittman, Jaelyn Miller, and Justice League Fellow April Scales Barber, along with our friends at NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty on December 2nd from 1:00 to 2:30 pm in Raleigh for a rally demanding immediate...
Take Action for Justice Anita Earls
Commentary by Dawn Blagrove Systemic and institutional racism and many types of mushrooms have a couple of things in common. First, they both grow in the dark. Judge Osteen’s order, denying injunctive relief to Justice Anita Earls related to the thinly veiled public...
A No-Win Situation Revealed
The Assembly and WBTV are doing a three-part investigation into Durham County’s child welfare system. Their second article, No-Win Scenario, features Emancipate NC’s Toia Potts's uphill and unjust battle to fight for her children to return home. Within...
Education Justice Taskforce SRO Group Launches SRO Complaints Webpage
The Education Justice Taskforce, consisting of the Education Justice Alliance, Advancement Project, Emancipate NC, and Legal Aid of NC, has recently launched a new webpage for submitting complaints about misconduct by School Resource Officers (SROs) in North Carolina...
Crucial Win for Trans Rights in North Carolina
Congratulations to Emancipate NC’s client, Ashlee Inscoe! Last week the Wake County Superior Court ordered the North Carolina prison system to transfer Ashlee to a women's prison. This marks the first court order of its kind in the state's history and a step further...
World Premiere of “To Be Invisible”
Presented by Emancipate NC, Operation Stop CPS, and the Movement for Family Power, the new short documentary To Be Invisible by Myah Overstreet, and sponsored by The New Yorker, premiered on October 27th at the People’s Solidarity Hub in Durham, NC. The documentary...
Keeping Families Together Conference
On October 28th, 2023, law students, attorneys, professors, social workers, judges, activists, and impacted parents all gathered for a first-of-its-kind conference about the national crisis in the child welfare system. The conference was a huge success and focused on...
Staff Spotlight: Meet Toia Potts
Meet Toia Potts, a dedicated Organizer at Emancipate NC. As a parent who has been falsely accused of child abuse and a victim of the family regulation system, Toia is committed to raising awareness about the ways in which CPS separates families. Toia frequently shares...
Arguments at the NC Supreme Court Against the Vance Confederate Monument
On November 1st, 2023, a group consisting of community members, former Vance Monument Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Miles and Dr. Oralene Simmons, local Vance family descendant Noel Nickle, Emancipate NC's Community Lawyering...
Article: ‘Life begins at conception’ court ruling could profoundly affect NC families, legal experts say
Dawn Blagrove from Emancipate NC spoke with Kelon Lyons about the recent court of appeals opinion declaring life beginning at the inception of a child and thus the harmful ramifications this has for families involved with DSS. “This ruling further opens up...
Panel Discussion with Emancipate NC and UNC Students on Attorney-Client Communication
Last month, Team Emancipate NC participated in a panel discussion with Elizabeth Simpson’s UNC Law Students on the topic of communication between attorneys and clients. During the panel, they highlighted common mistakes made by attorneys,...
Black Light Mass Incarceration Show: The Impact of the Media on the Incarcerated Population, with Special Guest Tim Wright
Tune into the Black Light Mass Incarceration Podcast to listen to Tim Wright discuss the impact of the media on the incarcerated population with host Cierra Cobb from Emancipate NC. They discuss the...
Launch! Durham Safety and Wellness Task Force Report
Team Emancipate’s Toia Potts is a justice-impacted member of the Durham Community Safety and Wellness Task Force and has served on the committee making recommendations about the legal system, the jail, and the foster care system. Join Toia for the event on...