by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Struggling with Child Protective Services (CPS)? You’re not alone. Looking for support carrying the burden of parenthood? You’re not alone. On Saturday, May 27, 2 – 5pm, Team Emancipate’s Toia Potts will be hosting the first Healthy Healing Parent Support Group...
by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Mass Incarceration
Earlier this month, Kerwin Pittman joined up with the North Carolina Second Chance Alliance for its annual Second Chance Lobby Day at the General Assembly. This coalition comprises a statewide group of people with criminal records, their family members, service...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
Photo credit: The Carolinian Team Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove moderated a panel on the Consequences of Confederate Monument Removal earlier this month. The panel discussion explored the real risks and challenges that our people face as they work to take down racist...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Painting of Darryl Williams, a man tased to death by RPD earlier this year, by Ashlee Inscoe Over the past years, we have written and spoken extensively about the Raleigh Police Department’s track record of police murders, excessive force, racial profiling, First...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News
Twenty people joined Dedan Waiciuri and Jaelyn Miller for Emancipate’s first-ever webinar about our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign on 4/20, an exciting launch to what we plan to be the first of many educational events about DPW. In the webinar, Dedan and Jaelyn...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Last week, Dawn joined the North Carolina Black and Brown Policy Network’s (BBPN) Advocacy Day at the NC General Assembly. BBPN formed out of the COVID-19 pandemic to address the urgent need for change, substantial resources, policy overhaul, and equity for...
