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 | Nov 4, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League
By Erin Blagrove, Justice League Fellow Erin Blagrove is the daughter of Emancipate NC’s Executive Director Dawn Blagrove, and a Justice League Fellow. On October 27th, 2020 my mother and I went to court, so my mother could be the defense lawyer for a young,...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 27, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing, Raising the Juvenile Age
During the month of October 2020, thousands of people are participating in National Youth Justice Awareness Month (YJAM) activities throughout the country. National Youth Justice Awareness Month was created 13 years ago by a Missouri parent, Tracy McClard, whose...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 24, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
On October 13, 2020, the Wilson Branch of the NC NAACP hosted a conversation on the impact of incarceration on communities, families, and children, especially in rural NC counties. Speakers included: Attorney Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director of Emancipate NC,...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 18, 2020 | Emancipate NC News
On September 17, 2020, Superior Court Judge Angela B. Puckett and Chief District Court Judge William F. Southern III issued an order prohibiting courthouse attendees in their districts from wearing masks containing any “emblem or writing,” possibly due to...
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...
