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Community Screening 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 screened on October 27th at the People’s Solidarity Hub in Durham, NC. The documentary follows the journeys of Alexis and...
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...
Op Ed: It’s Time for Durham County and Courthouse Leaders to Engage on Reforms to Foster Care System
By Elizabeth Simpson Republished from the INDY Week This week, there was news of a North Carolina Court of Appeals decision about a child with the pseudonym “Opal” who was taken away from her mother because she was in utero at the time that a half-sibling was abused....
We Continue to Ask: What if Raleigh Had a Heart?
Emancipate NC’s Jaelyn Miller partnered with the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and hosted a screening of a documentary on the creation and success of Durham’s H.E.A.R.T program on October 18th, 2023. Following the documentary Jaelyn led a discussion with the...
Remove Monuments to the Confederacy!
Join us in solidarity on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023, to support local and statewide efforts led by Emancipate NC, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to remove all Confederate monuments in North Carolina....
Dawn Speaks Around the State
Team Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove participated as a panelist in the 10th Annual Brewed for Excellence event at UNC Charlotte on October 15th, 2023. The panel discussion, entitled "Shaping Tomorrow's Campus: The Affirmative Action...
Cierra Speaks to Penn State Students
On October 10, 2023, Cierra Cobb from Emancipate NC was invited to speak at the Hospitality HR Summit hosted by Penn State University. During her speech, Cierra emphasized the significance of hiring individuals who have been impacted by the justice system. Her podcast...
Dawn Speaks on ACS “Broken Law” Podcast
An increasing number of state court judges and justices are being targeted by state officials for not advancing their interests. On this episode, Taonga Leslie speaks with Dawn Blagrove (Emancipate NC) about how Justice Anita Earls, the only Black justice on the North...
Dawn Attends Women of Color Leadership Forum
During the Sixth Annual Women of Color Leadership Forum on September 30, 2023, Emancipate NC’s Dawn Blagrove, played a pivotal role in a panel discussion that focused on the challenges faced by rural communities in the Western region of North Carolina. Dawn Blagrove...