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Continuing the Fight for Paden and La’Dainian
Children are children! They do not belong in adult court, facing trumped up felony charges. Yet the Gaston County DA continues to persecute Paden and La’Dainian Fuller, charging La’Dainian with attempted murder. Team Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove and Kerwin Pittman...
Raleigh HEART Campaign Receives New Blood!
Emancipate NC is proud to announce that the Raleigh H.E.A.R.T. Coalition is one step closer to making an alternative crisis unit in Raleigh a reality! Since announcing the campaign on July 6, four new partners have been added to our coalition, including mental health...
Supreme Court of North Carolina Rules in Long-Running Racial Profiling Case
Art by Dawn Blagrove On September 1, the Supreme Court of North Carolina issued its ruling in State v. Jeremy Johnson, a case which considered the proper framework for a court to analyze allegations by a criminal defendant that a police officer’s decision to...
Register Now! Inaugural Family Defense Conference
On October 29, Emancipate NC is proud to co-sponsor, along with Duke Law School, UNC Law School, and North Carolina Central Law School, a national conference on defending parents from involuntary family separation. Keeping Families Together: Crisis in Child...
Emancipate NC Goes BLACK TO THE FUTURE!
The Black Futures Lab kicks off its fourth year with its newest cohort of public policy institute fellows. This impressive group spans six states, including North Carolina. Emancipate NC’s very own Executive Director, Dawn Blagrove, along with Kerwin Pittman, and...
Report from Poetic Justice 2023
Team Emancipate enjoyed a beautiful afternoon of poetry, food, and community on September 9, listening to poems from Hausson Byrd, K.y.d Kazi, Chasyn Carter, Sunguh, Nick Courmon, as well as our incarcerated friends, Ashlee Inscoe, Phillip Vance Smith, II, and Chris...
Freedom in the Park
Don’t forget to come out to Freedom in the Park on Saturday, September 16, for food, music, yoga, and bounce house at Cook Rd Park in Durham. We’ll be out there from 4 pm onward!
Supporting Justice Earls & Supporting Black Women Attorneys
Art and Commentary by Dawn Blagrove Being a Black lawyer in North Carolina, where, in many counties, you have to walk past Confederate monuments to even begin to extract fairness from a biased criminal justice system, requires very tough skin. Compound being Black...
Reunited at last!
Emancipate NC’s Toia Potts and Amanda Wallace from Operation Stop CPS hosted an Instagram Live event in August to celebrate the reunification of the family of Alexis Wynn. Alexis was separated from her two sons for over 3 years by Durham DSS. They finally reunited...
Still Don’t Plead to Weed!
In August, Emancipate NC’s Elizabeth Simpson filed another amicus brief about the racist and xenophobic history of marijuana enforcement in a pending criminal appeal, State v. Dobson. In the case, police searched a Black motorist’s car and all her passengers because...
Educating the Next Generation
Last month, Emancipate NC’s Cierra Cobb and Dedan Wacuiri traveled to North Carolina A&T University to speak with HBCU students about Black capitalism and Black liberation. The students enjoyed hearing from our Freedom Fighters and are enthusiastic to continue the...
Dawn Shares Wisdom About Police Interaction
Emancipate NC’s Dawn Blagrove was invited to Goldsboro to speak at the book launch for Dr. Larry Monk. She discussed police interaction. Self actualization for Black folks. Part of that is being able to have the knowledge that we need to protect ourselves while we...
Blacklight Mass Incarceration Podcast
Catch Emancipate NC’s Cierra Cobb as host interviewing Walter Dunn, in an inspirational interview with a man who freed himself and others from behind bars. Wrongfully incarcerated, Walter embarked on a mission to educate himself about the legal system. He studied...
There’s Still Time: Poetic Justice Registration
There’s still time to register for Poetic Justice 2023. Poet-in-Residence Hausson Byrd will curate poetry from inside the prison walls and out. Please join Team Emancipate as we welcome K.y.d Kazi, Chasyn Carter, Sunguh, Nick Courmon, as well as our incarcerated...
Poetic Justice 2023
Join Emancipate NC on Saturday, September 9 at 4:00 pm for the 6th annual Poetic Justice event! Hausson Byrd returns to curate this years event at the People’s Solidarity Hub, 1805 Chapel Hill Road, Durham NC 27707. Emancipate NC has been curating...