by operations | Oct 15, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC’s Kerwin Pittman recently shared a powerful moment in his journey toward transforming the criminal legal system: a conversation with renowned civil rights attorney and Just Mercy author Bryan Stevenson. For Kerwin, who first read Just Mercy while...
by operations | Oct 15, 2026 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Phillip Vance Smith II recently shared new work published in Narratively “In Prison, I Finally Shared the Story That Had Haunted Me for Years”. Phill writes: “This is the first time that my creative nonfiction has been published by such a prestigious...
by operations | Oct 15, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Events
Emancipate NC is proud to support the newly relaunched Community Healing Initiative (CHI), an innovative, collaborative project dedicated to strengthening the capacity of individuals and organizations to support Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) families...
by operations | Oct 15, 2026 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Below is a reflection by Patricia King, the mother of Elijah Timmons. As you read her words consider them a call to action, and call DA Murray to demand equitable treatment for the loss of Black life. November 24, 2023 My name is Patricia King. I am the mother...
by operations | Oct 15, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove is bringing her commitment to justice and legal education directly into the classroom this semester as a professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law. In addition to her work leading Emancipate NC, Dawn is...
by operations | Oct 1, 2026 | Emancipate NC News
When communities face difficult challenges, the answer should be to invest in young people—not simply restrict them. That was the message from Emancipate NC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove in a September 17 ABC11 story examining Raleigh’s proposed teen curfew. The...
