by Elizabeth Simpson | Dec 23, 2020 | Emancipate NC News
Hi Friends, We are truly in our feelings at Emancipate NC at the end of 2020. We’ve had a year that is full of heartbreak. And also full of love. We know so many of you have lost people to COVID-19. We mourn with you. Emancipate NC has also lost loved ones. So many...
by Mandie Sellars | Dec 7, 2020 | Emancipate NC News
We finally have some good news on the prison COVID litigation. On Friday, December 4, 2020, after a hearing in Wake County Superior Court, Judge Vince Rozier, Jr. appointed a Special Master to oversee the state prison’s compliance with court orders. The court...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 24, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League
(My Experience In Advocacy & Why Most White People Today Don’t Believe They Are Racist) by Amanda Anderson, Justice League Fellow The police shootings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others have recently put race at the forefront of...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 16, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Racism is a scourge on North Carolina’s criminal legal system. It renders the system fundamentally unfair at every single step. From decisions about policing, arrest, use of force, bail setting, charging, plea negotiations, jury selection, and sentencing–all of...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 12, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
By Veronica Bitting, Justice League Fellow When Justice League Fellow Veronica Bitting witnessed police harassing members of her community, she documented it and followed up with a number of local officials including the Winston-Salem Chief of Police. Below is the...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 4, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
by Mandie Sellars, Emancipate NC Board Chair Looking beyond the presidential race, November 3, 2020 marked an important day of progress towards decarcerating the United States. Several states passed measures that legalized either medical or recreational marijuana use,...
