by operations | Mar 26, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Events
Join us on Saturday, April 12, at NCCU Law School in Durham for a day-long conference dedicated to exploring the pivotal role of North Carolina’s judiciary in the fight for justice. The event will feature interactive sessions, panel discussions, and art installations...
by operations | Feb 26, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
As you heard in the last newsletter, Kerwin Pittman’s Mobile Recidivism Reduction Center launched and is operating out of a renovated bus that he and seven other formerly incarcerated people gutted and renovated together. “Having to come [back] into...
by operations | Feb 13, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Last November, Kerwin Pittman drove hours to Peachland, North Carolina — a town in Anson County — to buy a bus. On the drive back to Raleigh, he said, he was just hoping it wouldn’t break down. After all, he had a big dream for it. Three months later, he has...
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
After a coalition press conference demanding prison releases due to overcrowding caused by Hurricane Helene, Emancipate NC joined Disability Rights NC, the ACLU of North Carolina, and six other human rights advocacy groups in a call for action. Emancipate NC was...
by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Events
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...
by operations | Jul 24, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
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...
