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Proteus Fund Spotlights Emancipate NC’s Defense of Student Protestors

Proteus Fund Spotlights Emancipate NC’s Defense of Student Protestors

by operations | Mar 26, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

Proteus Fund recently highlighted Emancipate NC’s work—alongside Muslim Advocates—defending student protestors in North Carolina. The feature points to a major legal victory: a federal court blocked the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from enforcing...
Emancipate NC and the ACLU of NC Move to Restore Gender-Affirming Care in North Carolina Prisons

Emancipate NC and the ACLU of NC Move to Restore Gender-Affirming Care in North Carolina Prisons

by operations | Mar 26, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

Emancipate NC, alongside the ACLU of North Carolina, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction and requested class certification in a lawsuit challenging a harmful provision of House Bill 805. Passed in 2025 despite a veto by Josh Stein, the law restricts access...
Toia Potts Featured in TEDx Talk: “Motherhood Cannot Be Erased by the State”

Toia Potts Featured in TEDx Talk: “Motherhood Cannot Be Erased by the State”

by operations | Mar 26, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

Emancipate NC proudly celebrates Toia Potts, who recently delivered a powerful TEDx Talk at TEDxLake Alfred. In “Motherhood Cannot Be Erased By The State,” Toia challenges the legal and social frameworks that attempt to sever the bonds between parents and their...
Gerrymandering Your Cousins: Dawn Blagrove’s Remarks on the North Carolina Black Alliance Podcast

Gerrymandering Your Cousins: Dawn Blagrove’s Remarks on the North Carolina Black Alliance Podcast

by operations | Mar 26, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

In the North Carolina Black Alliance podcast episode “Gerrymandering Your Cousins,” hosts break down how the drawing of political districts can reshape democracy in North Carolina—often in ways that weaken the political power of Black and marginalized communities....
Kerwin Pittman’s Work Goes Viral

Kerwin Pittman’s Work Goes Viral

by operations | Mar 12, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News

Several weeks ago, we shared the incredible video that Kerwin Pittman created to highlight his purchase of a former prison. Now more people know what we always have, Kerwin is changing the world. Team Emancipate is proud of you and your work, Kerwin! Read the story on...
Dawn Blagrove’s Remarks at the 2026 Image Awards

Dawn Blagrove’s Remarks at the 2026 Image Awards

by operations | Mar 12, 2026 | Emancipate NC News

Dawn received the prestigious Criminal Justice and Law Award at the 2026 Image Awards, hosted by the Flood Group. Congratulations, Dawn! Watch and hear her remarks here→
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Recent Posts

  • Proteus Fund Spotlights Emancipate NC’s Defense of Student Protestors
  • Emancipate NC and the ACLU of NC Move to Restore Gender-Affirming Care in North Carolina Prisons
  • Toia Potts Featured in TEDx Talk: “Motherhood Cannot Be Erased by the State”
  • Gerrymandering Your Cousins: Dawn Blagrove’s Remarks on the North Carolina Black Alliance Podcast
  • Kerwin Pittman’s Work Goes Viral

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Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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Durham, NC 27702
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