by operations | May 29, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Members of the Raleigh HEART Coalition attended the Wake County Commission budget work session. We asked the county to support and work with the City of Raleigh to create alternative crisis response teams. The coalition brought over 60 attendees out to the meeting,...
by operations | May 29, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
On May 20, Dawn Blagrove joined a panel about how communities fight back against oppressive legal systems in the criminal and family courts. These systems mistreat citizens, but we can take back our power through court watching, participatory defense, and community....
by operations | May 29, 2024 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of The Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County to remove the Confederate monument “in appreciation of our faithful slaves.” We argue that this racist government speech violates the Equal Protection Clause of the...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 21, 2024 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
Lawsuit asserts courthouse monument to “Faithful Slaves”—the only monument of its kind in the United States—amounts to unlawful and racially-discriminatory government speech CONTACT: Ian Mance – (828) 719-5755, ian@emancipatenc.orgJaelyn Miller – (910) 228-3741,...
by operations | May 16, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
James Kelliher won a reversal of his new sentence at the Court of Appeals last week after the trial court ignored rulings from the State Supreme Court. Once serving a de facto life sentence, Kelliher is now back to eligibility for parole after 25...
by operations | May 16, 2024 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News
The DEA is prepared to support the move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, from Schedule I to Schedule III. Dawn was interviewed about the significant impacts of such a rescheduling. Dawn stated: “We would like to see marijuana descheduled...
