by Holly Blackburn | Nov 8, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
On November 1st, 2023, a group consisting of community members, former Vance Monument Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Miles and Dr. Oralene Simmons, local Vance family descendant Noel Nickle, Emancipate NC’s Community Lawyering...
by Holly Blackburn | Nov 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Dawn Blagrove from Emancipate NC spoke with Kelon Lyons about the recent court of appeals opinion declaring life beginning at the inception of a child and thus the harmful ramifications this has for families involved with DSS. “This ruling further opens up...
by Holly Blackburn | Nov 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Last month, Team Emancipate NC participated in a panel discussion with Elizabeth Simpson’s UNC Law Students on the topic of communication between attorneys and clients. During the panel, they highlighted common mistakes made by attorneys,...
by Holly Blackburn | Nov 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Tune into the Black Light Mass Incarceration Podcast to listen to Tim Wright discuss the impact of the media on the incarcerated population with host Cierra Cobb from Emancipate NC. They discuss the detrimental impact of the media in increasing the...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Mass Incarceration
Team Emancipate’s Toia Potts is a justice-impacted member of the Durham Community Safety and Wellness Task Force and has served on the committee making recommendations about the legal system, the jail, and the foster care system. Join Toia for the event on...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
By Elizabeth Simpson Republished from the INDY Week This week, there was news of a North Carolina Court of Appeals decision about a child with the pseudonym “Opal” who was taken away from her mother because she was in utero at the time that a half-sibling was abused....
