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“Flex Your Citizenship Muscle: Creating a Physically Fit Democracy”
Propelled by their summer 2024 reading theme, “Strong Voices: Empowering Student Citizenship,” Meredith College promotes civic engagement throughout the fall semester with events and activities. On September 19, at 7 p.m. in Jones Auditorium, Dawn Blagrove presented...
Paper for the People
Emancipate NC & Durham Beyond Policing are teaming up to support people serving pretrial time in the Durham County Jail with the Paper for the People campaign. We have a goal to raise $25k by December 15th, 2024. In the spirit of the winter holidays, the...
Toia’s Interview on The Private Room Podcast
Emancipate NC’s Toia Potts was interviewed on the podcast The Private Room on Monday September 9th. Toia's children were taken from her by the Durham Department of Social Services for false charges, and they have never taken accountability to...
Experiencing Elections in Prison
Read Emancipate NC client Phillip Vance Smith II’s article about what it is like to experience a U.S. election from prison. Incarcerated people care about elections because they can give us either hope or hopelessness. Criminal disenfranchisement, which traces...
Civilian Review Boards Don’t Work
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, police reform was all the rage. Across the country, Civilian Review Boards were established with the idea that they would hold police accountable and champion transparency. But, most of these boards have limited...
Skillshare for Triangle Healthcare Radicals
On September 12th, Jamie Mariscano and Margaux Lander will provide a skillshare on “Dealing with Child Protective Services: building skills for radical healthcare workers who want to disrupt the family policing system.” This workshop targets healthcare workers...
Civil Rights Commission Wraps Up
On August 23rd, the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights had its fourth panel investigating Civil Rights and the Child Welfare System in North Carolina. The Committee heard testimony in panel form from five impacted individuals who...
Town Hall on Family Policing
Join us for an important discussion on the effects of the Durham County Department of Social Services on our local community. Emancipate NC published the first report on Durham County’s treatment of families impacted by Child Protective Services two years ago in 2022....
Join Us for Poetic Justice!
This year marks our seventh annual Poetic Justice event on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 6 pm. Hausson Byrd returns to curate poets sharing stories of human resilience and beauty in the face of incarceration and state-imposed trauma. That evening, we will hear...
Dawn on HBCU’s Think Tank Panel
Dawn Blagrove was on HBCU's Think Tank panel, revealing what is at stake in the upcoming 2024 election. The HBCU Think Tank is a collaborative space created to unite North Carolina HBCU students. Throughout the duration of the event, we will educate & train...
Virtual Call to Action: Election 2024 GOTV Countdown Kickoff
On Jul 26, 2024, 100 days before election day, North Carolina Black Alliance and statewide organizations convened around the urgent need to mobilize for the upcoming 2024 election. North Carolina will be ground zero for Black voter turnout in the upcoming...
Officer Twiddy Makes Racist Remarks
Raleigh Police Officer Daniel Clay Twiddy is facing criticism for making offensive statements about Juneteenth (the federal holiday commemorating the Union troops enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, ending slavery for people there.) Twiddy...
Freedom in the Park
Welcome to Freedom In the Park! Join us for a day of fun and celebration at Forest Hills Park in Durham. Get ready for music, delicious food, exciting games, and more! Cookout vibes! So please bring your friends and family for a fantastic time outdoors and come...
Mask Ban Coverage Goes National
Emancipate NC’s Dawn Blagrove was quoted in Harpers Bazaar magazine in an article about Violet Affleck’s advocacy on masking. After the Los Angeles mayor proposed a prohibition on masking at political demonstrations, Violet Affleck, daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben...
On His Way Out, North Carolina Governor Expands Support for People Leaving Prison
Article by Phillip Vance Smith, II, published in Bolts Magazine After I served 14 months in prison for petty crimes, the state of North Carolina released me into homelessness on Dec. 30, 2000 with only the prison clothes on my back, a paper identification card, and...