by operations | Aug 17, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events
Join Emancipate NC on Saturday, September 9 at 4:00 pm for the 6th annual Poetic Justice event! Hausson Byrd returns to curate this years event at the People’s Solidarity Hub, 1805 Chapel Hill Road, Durham NC 27707. Emancipate NC has been curating...
by operations | Aug 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing, Raising the Juvenile Age
In a cruel and inhumane overreach, District Attorney Travis Page of Gaston County charged a 15-year-old child with Attempted Murder for defending his twin brother from police violence. La’Dainian Fuller, who was only 15-years-old at the time of the incident, placed a...
by operations | Aug 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On December 7, 2022, Alamance County Sheriff’s department abused and injured a 60-year-old Black grandmother, Elinor Blackwell, during a traffic stop. The reason for the stop? She was driving too slow on the highway when it was dark and raining outside. After being...
by operations | Aug 2, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
Community members in Tyrell County invited Jaelyn Miller to attend a county commission meeting in July to urge county commissioners to finally remove their offensive Confederate Monument dedicated to the memory of “faithful slaves.” Jaelyn warned the commission that...
by operations | Aug 2, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Dedan Wacuiri traveled to Wallace, NC (Duplin County) last month to assist community members with a Community Conversation about policing. Wallace Police shot and killed James Lanier earlier this year, in the midst of a mental health crisis. Community members...
by operations | Aug 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
In July, Dawn Blagrove and Kerwin Pittman joined with Raleigh PACT for a community canvass event in Southeast Raleigh. Raleigh PACT is led by Dr. Kimberly Muktarian. At the event, Team Emancipate served the community by providing food, drinks, COVID safety supplies,...
