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Continued Coverage of Stephanie Bottom’s Case
The city of Salisbury and the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office have agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Emancipate NC’s client, Stephanie Bottom, a 71-year-old librarian. In 2019, she was pulled out of her car by her hair during a traffic stop while she...
Edenton-Chowan’s Confederate Statue Relocation
On September 8, 2023, Emancipate NC and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice supported the Move the Monument Coalition by sending a letter to the town of Edenton. The letter asks Edenton to ask the court for a hearing to address the relocation of the...
Show Support for Justice Anita Earls
Anita Earls, the only Black female justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, is facing investigation over comments she made regarding the lack of diversity in the state's judges and lawyers. It is concerning that Justice Earls is the only one being investigated for...
Poetic Justice 2023
Poetic Justice is an event curated by Emancipate NC featuring artists, including currently incarcerated people, to share stories and spoken word about the criminal injustice system and how we overcome it. This annual fundraiser event celebrates beauty and joy within a...
A&T Constitution Day
Last week, Emancipate NC's Dawn Blagrove spoke at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to undergraduate students majoring in Political Science for their annual Constitution Day Teach-in. They had a lively discussion about the constitutionally...
Freedom in the Park
Emancipate NC collaborated with many partners to organize a remarkable event called "Freedom in the Park" on September 16th. This event brought the community together and celebrated the importance of family and freedom. It was a resounding success, with families,...
Settlement Reached in Bottom v. City of Salisbury, et al.
Defendants to pay $125,000 to woman grabbed by her hair in traffic stop A settlement has been reached in Bottom v. City of Salisbury, et al., a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by 70-year-old librarian Stephanie Bottom against law enforcement officers in Rowan...
Black Light is joined by Team Emancipate’s Dedan
Tune into the Black Light Mass Incarceration Podcast to listen to Emancipate NC’s own Dedan Waciuri and host Cierra Cobb discuss the violent underpinnings of capitalism, as well as the cruel and improper charges against La’Dainian Fuller in Gaston County, NC. They...
H.E.A.R.T. Proposal to City Council Update
Last week Jaelyn Miller spoke to Raleigh’s City Council in support of the Raleigh H.E.A.R.T. Coalition’s proposal. After speaking, Livable Raleigh reprinted her comments: Our Coalition, through that proposal, is asking the city council to embed a mental health...
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...