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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...
Black Light 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...
Beyond Executions: Remembering 43 Lost & Creating a Future Without Death Row
On Saturday, August 19th, join North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty on the 17th anniversary of NC's last execution to demand a future with no more death row. The group will gather at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church for a short program &...
Emancipate Exhorts Gaston Courts: Children are Different!
In a cruel and inhumane overreach, District Attorney Travis Page of Gaston County charged a 15-year-old child with Attempted Murder for defending his twin brother from police violence. La’Dainian Fuller, who was only 15-years-old at the time of the incident, placed a...
Emancipate Joins Alamance Community to Demand Accountability
On December 7, 2022, Alamance County Sheriff’s department abused and injured a 60-year-old Black grandmother, Elinor Blackwell, during a traffic stop. The reason for the stop? She was driving too slow on the highway when it was dark and raining outside. After being...
Time’s Up Tyrell: Remove the “Faithful Slaves” Monument
Community members in Tyrell County invited Jaelyn Miller to attend a county commission meeting in July to urge county commissioners to finally remove their offensive Confederate Monument dedicated to the memory of “faithful slaves.” Jaelyn warned the commission that...
Wallace NC Gathers to Mourn and Demand Transformation
Dedan Wacuiri traveled to Wallace, NC (Duplin County) last month to assist community members with a Community Conversation about policing. Wallace Police shot and killed James Lanier earlier this year, in the midst of a mental health crisis. Community members...
Emancipate Joins Raleigh PACT for Community Canvass
In July, Dawn Blagrove and Kerwin Pittman joined with Raleigh PACT for a community canvass event in Southeast Raleigh. Raleigh PACT is led by Dr. Kimberly Muktarian. At the event, Team Emancipate served the community by providing food, drinks, COVID safety supplies,...