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Mask Ban Coverage Goes National
Emancipate NC’s Dawn Blagrove was quoted in Harpers Bazaar magazine in an article about Violet Affleck’s advocacy on masking. After the Los Angeles mayor proposed a prohibition on masking at political demonstrations, Violet Affleck, daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben...
On His Way Out, North Carolina Governor Expands Support for People Leaving Prison
Article by Phillip Vance Smith, II, published in Bolts Magazine After I served 14 months in prison for petty crimes, the state of North Carolina released me into homelessness on Dec. 30, 2000 with only the prison clothes on my back, a paper identification card, and...
The Lynching of Sonya Massey
Commentary by Dedan Waciuri “Afro-Americans are more sinned against than sinning” ~ Ida B Wells “A woman was lynched today” is what the headlines would have read if Ida B. Wells was still around to articulate the current lynching of Sonya Massey, whose life was...
Family Regulation System Under Investigation
This year, after mounting pressure from activists, the N.C. Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is investigating civil rights violations in the family regulation system. Alongside coalition partners, Emancipate NC’s Margaux...
Watch What They DO, Not What They Say
Commentary by Dawn Blagrove When people who actually care about free and fair elections called the wave of election law changes in North Carolina voter suppression, conservatives and election deniers clutched their proverbial pearls and cried that they were being...
Pardoning Low-Level Marijuana Charges
Dawn Blagrove commented on Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s decision to pardon more than 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions: “It’s also common sense,” Blagrove told NC Newsline this week. “It’s time that we really allow our laws to catch up with the morals and values of...
Raise the Age Press Coverage
HB 834’s veto by Governor Cooper is extremely concerning legislation that would automatically transfer 16-and-17-year-olds charged with felony cases to be tried in adult court rather than the juvenile system. Dawn Blagrove was quoted by 11 Eyewitness News: "Having...
Reproductive Rights Rally
Emancipate NC joined NC Now and ERA-NC Alliance on Monday 24th for the Dreadful Dobbs Decision Day Rally, commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the deadly Dobbs v Jackson Supreme Court Decision which undid the Roe v Wade decision that safeguarded the right to safe and...
Last Chance to Come to the Community Forum: Family Regulation System
Join us for a Community Forum for people impacted by the family regulation system. On Thursday, June 27th from 6-8 pm EST, the North Carolina Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has scheduled a forum to hear from impacted individuals regarding...
Apply to be a Justice League Fellow
Emancipate NC mobilizes and trains youth and other justice-impacted people in a fellowship program called the Justice League. We are currently seeking nominations of formerly incarcerated people, justice-impacted people, and youth who have been impacted by...
Organizing Makes It Happen!
A year and a half ago, Emancipate NC started the Raleigh HEART Coalition to organize the community to bring an Alternative Response Program to Raleigh. Last night, Raleigh city staff presented the FY 2025 Budget Recommendations. Here is what the Coalition...
Community Forum: Family Regulation System
Join us for a Community Forum for people impacted by the family regulation system. On Thursday, June 27th from 6-8 pm EST, the North Carolina Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has scheduled a forum to hear from impacted individuals...
Get Your Body Camera Footage!
To obtain public release of body camera footage, it is not required to file a full complaint in Superior Court. You cannot use the basic AOC form. To assist activists and attorneys around the state, Elizabeth Simpson and UNC Law students Morgan Schriner and Jack Salt...
Governor Cooper: Veto the Raise the Age Rollback
Time and time again we've seen legislators – here and across the country – attempt to address social and behavioral health problems with incarceration. And time and time again we've seen that it does not work. Arresting and incarcerating children does not reduce the...
We Oppose NC House Bill 237
Emancipate NC joins with For the People Action, Common Cause N.C., Democracy N.C., North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Advance Carolina, and El Pueblo to OPPOSE House Bill 237. Dawn Blagrove spoke at a Raleigh, NC press conference on June 6th, revealing how...