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“No ‘right’ way to tear down oppressive systems”
Photo credit: The Carolinian Team Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove moderated a panel on the Consequences of Confederate Monument Removal earlier this month. The panel discussion explored the real risks and challenges that our people face as they work to take down racist...
Emancipate Seeks US Dept. of Justice Intervention To Stop Raleigh PD Misconduct
Painting of Darryl Williams, a man tased to death by RPD earlier this year, by Ashlee Inscoe Over the past years, we have written and spoken extensively about the Raleigh Police Department’s track record of police murders, excessive force, racial profiling, First...
Don’t Plead to Weed Webinar High-lights
Twenty people joined Dedan Waiciuri and Jaelyn Miller for Emancipate’s first-ever webinar about our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign on 4/20, an exciting launch to what we plan to be the first of many educational events about DPW. In the webinar, Dedan and Jaelyn...
Report-back from BBPN Advocacy Day
Last week, Dawn joined the North Carolina Black and Brown Policy Network’s (BBPN) Advocacy Day at the NC General Assembly. BBPN formed out of the COVID-19 pandemic to address the urgent need for change, substantial resources, policy overhaul, and equity for...
Rolling Stone Magazine: What Happens When You Fight Police Corruption
Photo credit: Cornell Watson for Rolling Stone The recent investigative report by Rolling Stone about the Raleigh Police Department and former detective Omar Abdullah reveals three things: (1) the depths of corruption at RPD, (2) its harms, and (3) what...
Come & Learn! Don’t Plead to Weed Webinar
Community members and lawyers alike, join Team Emancipate's Dedan and Jaelyn next Thursday (4/20) at 6:00pm to learn why you or your client shouldn't always plead guilty to marijuana-related charges. The core of our Don’t Plead to Weed campaign is this: in North...
Listen: Phillip Vance Smith II on the Black Light Mass Incarceration Show
This recent conversation between host Cierra Cobb and guest Phillip Smith ranges from finding and transforming oneself to restorative justice and policy change. Phil’s own life story ties these various subjects together. Over the course of his 22...
Emancipate NC Wins UNC Law Pro Bono Publico Award
Photo credit: Dillon Davis This year, Emancipate NC was nominated and selected for the Community Partner of the Year Pro Bono Publico Award at UNC Law School. This award recognizes the pro bono contributions of a partnering organization that has created...
Join Us: An Interdisciplinary Discussion on Solitary Confinement
On April 21, 6:00 - 7:30pm, at the Duke University Divinity School, join Emancipate’s Elizabeth Simpson for State-Sponsored Torture: An Interdisciplinary Discussion on Solitary Confinement. The event will feature Elizabeth along with an excellent slate of...
Dawn Speaks on Moving Forward Together for Women’s History Month
Art by Dawn Blagrove In today’s political conditions, North Carolina’s women face myriad issues. At their Moving Forward Together event, Wake Dems convened three speakers for Women’s History Month to share about their experience and work confronting these issues in...
“We Keep Us Safe’ Personified” — Kerwin Speaks on Durham’s HEART Program
Durham Beyond Policing and the Have a Heart coalition have been leading the fight for an expanded, fully-funded Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Team (HEART) in Durham’s city budget this year. Before the city’s public budget hearing this month, the campaign...
Letter to Edenton Town Council: Protest Ordinance Violates First Amendment
The Move the Monument Coalition Edenton-Chowan and Emancipate NC have been fighting for over a year to have the town of Edenton take down its Confederate monument once and for all. Members of the coalition protest weekly in front of the monument to name the harm...
Join Us for the Undue Harm Symposium on Undoing the Legacy of Confederate Monuments
On April 13, 10:00am - 4:00pm, at Shaw University, come and learn why Confederate monuments are not harmless relics of the past. Emancipate NC is co-sponsoring this symposium with the NC Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC...
Dawn Blagrove and Ben Crump Call for Justice for Shanquella Robinson
Image source: ABC 11 News In a recent press conference at Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC, national civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Team Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove demanded the federal government seek justice without delay for Shanquella Robinson, a...
Jaelyn Miller Helps Lead Know Your Rights Training Under HB 40
Last weekend, Emancipate’s Jaelyn Miller joined up with the Ready the Ground Training Team (RGTT) to share how those demanding justice and liberation in the streets can navigate the upcoming period of increased state repression against protestors. RGTT strengthens...