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Last Chance to Register for our Inaugural Family Defense Conference
Join Emancipate NC, Duke Law School, UNC Law School, and North Carolina Central Law School on October 28th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the national conference Keeping Families Together: Crisis in Child Welfare. This conference will be on defending parents from...
Join Us: Screening of HEART Documentary
Mark your calendars for October 18, 2023, at 6:30 PM. The Raleigh H.E.A.R.T. Coalition is hosting a screening of a documentary about the creation and success of Durham's H.E.A.R.T. program. The coalition comprises nonprofit, faith-based, and healthcare organizations....
Staff Spotlight: Meet Cierra Cobb
Meet Cierra Cobb, a dedicated Prison/Jail Family Advocate for Emancipate NC. She works closely with incarcerated individuals and their families, particularly those struggling with mental health issues. Cierra is actively involved in various important projects,...
Black Light Podcast is joined by Vincent Schiraldi
Join the Black Light Mass Incarceration Podcast and listen to Vincent Schiraldi, an activist, reformer, and author, along with host Cierra Cobb, as they discuss the intertwined and violent nature of probation and parole. Vincent shares insights from his recently...
Emancipate NC Plant and Sip
On October 9, 2023, Team Emancipate participated in a Plant and Sip event hosted by Bahr Jervay at Pedal to Petal, a local bike and plant shop in Raleigh. The team members were excited to learn about various types of plants, and they had the chance to get their hands...
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...