by operations | Sep 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
Children are children! They do not belong in adult court, facing trumped up felony charges. Yet the Gaston County DA continues to persecute Paden and La’Dainian Fuller, charging La’Dainian with attempted murder. Team Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove and Kerwin Pittman...
by operations | Sep 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Emancipate NC is proud to announce that the Raleigh H.E.A.R.T. Coalition is one step closer to making an alternative crisis unit in Raleigh a reality! Since announcing the campaign on July 6, four new partners have been added to our coalition, including mental health...
by operations | Sep 13, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Art by Dawn Blagrove On September 1, the Supreme Court of North Carolina issued its ruling in State v. Jeremy Johnson, a case which considered the proper framework for a court to analyze allegations by a criminal defendant that a police officer’s decision to...
by operations | Sep 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Family Regulation
On October 29, Emancipate NC is proud to co-sponsor, along with Duke Law School, UNC Law School, and North Carolina Central Law School, a national conference on defending parents from involuntary family separation. Keeping Families Together: Crisis in Child...
by operations | Sep 13, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
The Black Futures Lab kicks off its fourth year with its newest cohort of public policy institute fellows. This impressive group spans six states, including North Carolina. Emancipate NC’s very own Executive Director, Dawn Blagrove, along with Kerwin Pittman, and...
by operations | Sep 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Mass Incarceration
Team Emancipate enjoyed a beautiful afternoon of poetry, food, and community on September 9, listening to poems from Hausson Byrd, K.y.d Kazi, Chasyn Carter, Sunguh, Nick Courmon, as well as our incarcerated friends, Ashlee Inscoe, Phillip Vance Smith, II, and Chris...
