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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...
Reproductive Rights Rally
Emancipate NC joined NC Now and ERA-NC Alliance on Monday 24th for the Dreadful Dobbs Decision Day Rally, commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the deadly Dobbs v Jackson Supreme Court Decision which undid the Roe v Wade decision that safeguarded the right to safe and...
Last Chance to Come to the Community Forum: Family Regulation System
Join us for a Community Forum for people impacted by the family regulation system. On Thursday, June 27th from 6-8 pm EST, the North Carolina Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has scheduled a forum to hear from impacted individuals regarding...
Apply to be a Justice League Fellow
Emancipate NC mobilizes and trains youth and other justice-impacted people in a fellowship program called the Justice League. We are currently seeking nominations of formerly incarcerated people, justice-impacted people, and youth who have been impacted by...
Organizing Makes It Happen!
A year and a half ago, Emancipate NC started the Raleigh HEART Coalition to organize the community to bring an Alternative Response Program to Raleigh. Last night, Raleigh city staff presented the FY 2025 Budget Recommendations. Here is what the Coalition...
Community Forum: Family Regulation System
Join us for a Community Forum for people impacted by the family regulation system. On Thursday, June 27th from 6-8 pm EST, the North Carolina Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has scheduled a forum to hear from impacted individuals...
Get Your Body Camera Footage!
To obtain public release of body camera footage, it is not required to file a full complaint in Superior Court. You cannot use the basic AOC form. To assist activists and attorneys around the state, Elizabeth Simpson and UNC Law students Morgan Schriner and Jack Salt...
Governor Cooper: Veto the Raise the Age Rollback
Time and time again we've seen legislators – here and across the country – attempt to address social and behavioral health problems with incarceration. And time and time again we've seen that it does not work. Arresting and incarcerating children does not reduce the...
We Oppose NC House Bill 237
Emancipate NC joins with For the People Action, Common Cause N.C., Democracy N.C., North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Advance Carolina, and El Pueblo to OPPOSE House Bill 237. Dawn Blagrove spoke at a Raleigh, NC press conference on June 6th, revealing how...
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...