by operations | Oct 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
What does it take for a city to hold its own accountable? On Friday, Oct 25, Emancipate NC held a press conference in response to the demotion of RPD Officer Twiddy who had a long and problematic track record with the Black community. Because of NC laws denying...
by operations | Oct 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Over the past three years, Emancipate NC has become a statewide leader in advocacy around the family policing system and Child Protective Services (CPS). In 2022, Elizabeth Simpson and J Hallen authored a report urging county-level reforms to the Durham Department of...
by operations | Oct 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
About a month after Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina, the region remains in acute distress. People in prison were also impacted; four North Carolina prisons are located in hard-hit areas, including Western Correctional for Women, Avery Mitchell...
by operations | Oct 2, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Family Regulation
It was a beautiful day in Durham when we celebrated community self-determination and freedom with our friends at Operation Stop CPS a few weeks ago. Check out the photos!
by operations | Oct 2, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC & Durham Beyond Policing are teaming up to support people serving pretrial time in the Durham County Jail with the Paper for the People campaign. We have a goal to raise $25k by December 15th, 2024. In the spirit of the winter holidays, the donations...
by operations | Oct 2, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Events
On September 19, Dawn presented the 2024 Summer Reading Program Lecture at Meredith College. The title of her talk was “Flex Our Citizenship Muscle: Creating a Physically Fit Democracy.” “Voting will not save us. But not voting will doom us,” Dawn said,...
