by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Read Emancipate NC client Phillip Vance Smith II’s article about what it is like to experience a U.S. election from prison. Incarcerated people care about elections because they can give us either hope or hopelessness. Criminal disenfranchisement, which traces...
by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, police reform was all the rage. Across the country, Civilian Review Boards were established with the idea that they would hold police accountable and champion transparency. But, most of these boards have limited...
by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
On September 12th, Jamie Mariscano and Margaux Lander will provide a skillshare on “Dealing with Child Protective Services: building skills for radical healthcare workers who want to disrupt the family policing system.” This workshop targets healthcare workers...
by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
On August 23rd, the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights had its fourth panel investigating Civil Rights and the Child Welfare System in North Carolina. The Committee heard testimony in panel form from five impacted individuals who...
by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Join us for an important discussion on the effects of the Durham County Department of Social Services on our local community. Emancipate NC published the first report on Durham County’s treatment of families impacted by Child Protective Services two years ago in 2022....
by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Events
This year marks our seventh annual Poetic Justice event on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 6 pm. Hausson Byrd returns to curate poets sharing stories of human resilience and beauty in the face of incarceration and state-imposed trauma. That evening, we will hear...
