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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...
The Lynching of Sonya Massey
Commentary by Dedan Waciuri “Afro-Americans are more sinned against than sinning” ~ Ida B Wells “A woman was lynched today” is what the headlines would have read if Ida B. Wells was still around to articulate the current lynching of Sonya Massey, whose life was...
Family Regulation System Under Investigation
This year, after mounting pressure from activists, the N.C. Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is investigating civil rights violations in the family regulation system. Alongside coalition partners, Emancipate NC’s Margaux...
Watch What They DO, Not What They Say
Commentary by Dawn Blagrove When people who actually care about free and fair elections called the wave of election law changes in North Carolina voter suppression, conservatives and election deniers clutched their proverbial pearls and cried that they were being...
Pardoning Low-Level Marijuana Charges
Dawn Blagrove commented on Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s decision to pardon more than 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions: “It’s also common sense,” Blagrove told NC Newsline this week. “It’s time that we really allow our laws to catch up with the morals and values of...
Raise the Age Press Coverage
HB 834’s veto by Governor Cooper is extremely concerning legislation that would automatically transfer 16-and-17-year-olds charged with felony cases to be tried in adult court rather than the juvenile system. Dawn Blagrove was quoted by 11 Eyewitness News: "Having...