by operations | Jan 29, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Don’t be fooled by the name–the “child welfare system” is another system with roots in white supremacy and slavery. Emancipate NC’s newest project is the Carolina Parent Defenders. We will be the first organization dedicated to representing parents who have been...
by operations | Oct 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Over the summer Toia Potts testified to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for North Carolina about her unjust experiences in the child welfare system. Yesterday, one commissioner, Gregory Wallace, spoke up about her case to discount her, stating that the termination...
by operations | Oct 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Over the past three years, Emancipate NC has become a statewide leader in advocacy around the family policing system and Child Protective Services (CPS). In 2022, Elizabeth Simpson and J Hallen authored a report urging county-level reforms to the Durham Department of...
by operations | Oct 2, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Family Regulation
It was a beautiful day in Durham when we celebrated community self-determination and freedom with our friends at Operation Stop CPS a few weeks ago. Check out the photos!
by operations | Sep 18, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Emancipate NC co-hosted with Operation Stop CPS the Community Conversations Townhall last week. We all shared a vigil for children who have been taken by the Durham Department of Social Services and who remain separated from their families. The town hall brought...
by operations | Sep 18, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Emancipate NC’s Toia Potts was interviewed on the podcast The Private Room on Monday September 9th. Toia’s children were taken from her by the Durham Department of Social Services for false charges, and they have never taken...
