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Register for the Southern Summit!
Join Southern Vision Alliance, Advance Carolina, Black Men Build, Carolina Federation, Emancipate NC, ImagineUs, Piece By Piece Strategies, Poder NC, Queer Mobilization Fund, Rising Majority, UE Local 150, Public Sector Workers Union, and United Southern Service...
Victory for Student Activists!
Jaelyn Miller worked with Reem Subei, Vice President of the NC Muslim Bar Association, and other attorneys to advocate on behalf of the UNC-Chapel Hill student protestors who, in violation of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, were wrongfully arrested and...
A ‘Tweak’ or a ‘Rollback’ for Raise the Age?
The North Carolina Senate approved legislation last week that would roll back the 2019 Raise the Age Bill. Raise the Age protected 16- and 17-year-olds from automatic prosecution in adult courts. North Carolina was the last state in the nation to protect kids from...
Join the Justice League!
Calling all directly-impacted activists, freedom fighters, healers, caregivers, change-makers, and dreamers! Emancipate NC is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Justice League cohort. The Justice League is a fellowship program to train and equip people who...
Racist Mask Bill Proceeds
A new anti-masking bill could make it illegal to wear a mask at protests again, with exceptions for the Ku Klux Klan. North Carolina's initial ban on masks at demonstrations came in response to the KKK. However, there's still an exception in the measure that...
HEART Campaign Heads to the Wake County Commission
Members of the Raleigh HEART Coalition attended the Wake County Commission budget work session. We asked the county to support and work with the City of Raleigh to create alternative crisis response teams. The coalition brought over 60 attendees out to the meeting,...
Refusing to be Silenced
On May 20, Dawn Blagrove joined a panel about how communities fight back against oppressive legal systems in the criminal and family courts. These systems mistreat citizens, but we can take back our power through court watching, participatory defense, and community....
We Sued Tyrrell County Over Racist Monument!
Emancipate NC filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of The Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County to remove the Confederate monument “in appreciation of our faithful slaves.” We argue that this racist government speech violates the Equal Protection Clause of the...
TYRRELL RESIDENTS FILE FEDERAL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST TYRRELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Lawsuit asserts courthouse monument to “Faithful Slaves”—the only monument of its kind in the United States—amounts to unlawful and racially-discriminatory government speech CONTACT: Ian Mance – (828) 719-5755, ian@emancipatenc.orgJaelyn Miller – (910) 228-3741,...
Congrats to James Kelliher
James Kelliher won a reversal of his new sentence at the Court of Appeals last week after the trial court ignored rulings from the State Supreme Court. Once serving a de facto life sentence, Kelliher is now back to...
Decriminalize Marijuana!
The DEA is prepared to support the move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, from Schedule I to Schedule III. Dawn was interviewed about the significant impacts of such a rescheduling. Dawn stated: “We would like to see marijuana descheduled...
Letter to UNC
Emancipate NC has partnered with ACLU-NC, Palestine Legal, and the National Lawyers Guild-NC to draft a letter to UNC-CH Counsel regarding recent actions by UNC-Chapel Hill against student protestors espousing speech in support of a ceasefire...
HEART Letter Campaign
Unarmed community response teams – including EMTs, mental health clinicians, and peer support specialists – have proven to reduce crime, hospitalizations, and jail populations. The City of Raleigh is very close to fulfilling the desire of Raleigh residents for such...
Inconsistent Access to Body Camera Video
There is an inconsistency across police departments when it comes to releasing body camera footage to the public. Cities have varying stances in their response to requests for this law enforcement footage. Judges are more inclined to grant requests for video...
Fight For Jail Transparency Continues
On May 6th, UNC Chapel Hill law students Nikolai Wise and John Schengber, joined by Elizabeth Simpson, argued on behalf of Emancipate NC for the immediate release of an unredacted Durham County Jail policy manual. Emancipate NC has been...