by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Mass Incarceration
Team Emancipate’s Toia Potts is a justice-impacted member of the Durham Community Safety and Wellness Task Force and has served on the committee making recommendations about the legal system, the jail, and the foster care system. Join Toia for the event on...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
By Elizabeth Simpson Republished from the INDY Week This week, there was news of a North Carolina Court of Appeals decision about a child with the pseudonym “Opal” who was taken away from her mother because she was in utero at the time that a half-sibling was abused....
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Policing
Emancipate NC’s Jaelyn Miller partnered with the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and hosted a screening of a documentary on the creation and success of Durham’s H.E.A.R.T program on October 18th, 2023. Following the documentary Jaelyn led a discussion with the...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News, Events
Join us in solidarity on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023, to support local and statewide efforts led by Emancipate NC, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to remove all Confederate monuments in North Carolina....
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Team Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove participated as a panelist in the 10th Annual Brewed for Excellence event at UNC Charlotte on October 15th, 2023. The panel discussion, entitled “Shaping Tomorrow’s Campus: The Affirmative Action Dialogue,” aimed to...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
On October 10, 2023, Cierra Cobb from Emancipate NC was invited to speak at the Hospitality HR Summit hosted by Penn State University. During her speech, Cierra emphasized the significance of hiring individuals who have been impacted by the justice system. Her podcast...
