by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News
Twenty people joined Dedan Waiciuri and Jaelyn Miller for Emancipate’s first-ever webinar about our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign on 4/20, an exciting launch to what we plan to be the first of many educational events about DPW. In the webinar, Dedan and Jaelyn...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Community members and lawyers alike, join Team Emancipate’s Dedan and Jaelyn next Thursday (4/20) at 6:00pm to learn why you or your client shouldn’t always plead guilty to marijuana-related charges. The core of our Don’t Plead to Weed campaign is this: in...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News
Want to look great and help people know their rights? We’ve got the swag for you! Head to the Emancipate NC online store now and grab one of our new Don’t Plead to Weed tees. The Don’t Plead to Weed campaign is backed by lawyers and the notion that people don’t...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Last Monday morning, Team Emancipate’s Dedan Waciuri and Jaelyn Miller sat together in the Greenville, NC, Pitt County courthouse. They were there for our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign. To quote Dedan, the Pitt County judges pass out criminal convictions for...
by operations | Oct 25, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Earlier this month, President Biden announced federal pardons for people convicted of possession of marijuana and asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reclassify the drug. He stated “no one should be in jail for using or possessing...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 31, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Last week, Dawn Blagrove traveled to Akron, Ohio for a Week of Action as part of Emancipate NC’s membership in the Black Freedom Collective, a project of Community Change. The Week of Action honored the memory of Jayland Walker, who was murdered by police during a...
