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Emancipate NC and Blueprint for a Stronger Democracy

Emancipate NC and Blueprint for a Stronger Democracy

by operations | Sep 24, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

We are proud to share that Emancipate NC has joined with a broad coalition of organizations to release the Blueprint for a Stronger Democracy. This comprehensive report lays out strategies to strengthen democratic institutions in North Carolina and ensure that every...
WUNC Highlights Launch of Mobile Recidivism Reduction Center

WUNC Highlights Launch of Mobile Recidivism Reduction Center

by operations | Sep 24, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

Kerwin Pittman, executive director of the nonprofit Recidivism Reduction Educational Program Services and Policy and Program Lead at Emancipate NC, has launched North Carolina’s first Mobile Recidivism Reduction Center. Launched in January, this innovative mobile unit...
Read the Op-Ed: NC Police Shouldn’t Use Marijuana Smell as a Pretext for Searches

Read the Op-Ed: NC Police Shouldn’t Use Marijuana Smell as a Pretext for Searches

by operations | Sep 24, 2025 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Policing

Elizabeth Simpson, Strategic Director for Emancipate NC, recently authored an op-ed published in the News & Observer making the case against allowing police to use the odor of marijuana as justification for searches. She writes: “The N.C. Supreme Court should hold...
All Charges Dismissed for the Durham 5 NCCU Protesters!

All Charges Dismissed for the Durham 5 NCCU Protesters!

by operations | Sep 24, 2025 | Emancipate NC News

On September 22, 2025, Attorney Dillon Sharpe appeared in Durham County District Court with one of our clients facing serious charges—Felony Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer, Misdemeanor Failure to Disperse, and Misdemeanor Resisting a Public Officer—stemming from...
Our 50-Years Celebration and Fundraiser is THIS Saturday, September 27th!

Our 50-Years Celebration and Fundraiser is THIS Saturday, September 27th!

by operations | Sep 24, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Events

Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored our event and purchased tickets. We have raised over $25,000 so far and have just under $10,000 to go. Can you help us reach our goal? Buy tickets, sponsor the event, and spread the word. We can’t wait to see you...
Our 50-Years Celebration and Fundraiser is THIS Saturday, September 27th!

Get Your Tickets Today for Our 50-Year Celebration!

by operations | Sep 18, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Events

We can’t wait to see you on September 27th at 6 p.m. at 1809 Chapel Hill Rd, Durham, NC, for our 50 Years of Resistance, 50 Years of Resilience celebration. Last week, we shared the first piece of art that will be featured in our silent auction. This week, we’re...
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  • How Do Jails Impact Families?
  • Thank You for Celebrating 50 Years of Resistance and Resilience with Us!
  • Emancipate NC Files Brief in US Supreme Court in Capital Case Involving Race and Gender Discrimination
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  • Emancipate NC Demands Accountability from the Durham County Jail

About

Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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Emancipate NC
PO Box 309
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 682-1149

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