by Mandie Sellars | Nov 12, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
By Veronica Bitting, Justice League Fellow When Justice League Fellow Veronica Bitting witnessed police harassing members of her community, she documented it and followed up with a number of local officials including the Winston-Salem Chief of Police. Below is the...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 4, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
by Mandie Sellars, Emancipate NC Board Chair Looking beyond the presidential race, November 3, 2020 marked an important day of progress towards decarcerating the United States. Several states passed measures that legalized either medical or recreational marijuana use,...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 18, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
After a summer of protests demanding changes from law enforcement, the intensity of those demonstrations has waned. But calls for reform have not. On October 15, Emancipate NC’s Kerwin Pittman joined UNC TV’s Black Issues Forum host Deborah Holt Noel for a...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 18, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
In late September, Emancipate NC partnered with Breathe (Board for a Racially Equitable Transformed Harnett County) Harnett to raise additional billboards in support of Black lives. The messages on the billboard were crafted by the members of Breath Harnett to empower...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 2, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
Protesters gathered in downtown Raleigh, starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 26. The rally was organized by Emancipate NC alongside coalition partners Raleigh Demands Justice, Save our Sons, and PACT Fayetteville. The rally, Uncover North Carolina: An...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 16, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On August 15, WRAL’s Lena Tillett hosted a powerful segment connecting the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s to today’s Black Lives Matter activism and protests. Tillett brought together a Zoom panel of experienced activists across different generations: Judy...
