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Towards Abolishing Family Policing

Towards Abolishing Family Policing

by operations | May 1, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

On April 19, 2024, Dawn served as a panelist on “Nurturing Freedom Dreams through Abolition” at the University of Miami School of Law, and argued for an end to the systemic policing of families. Moderated by Corey B. Best, the panelists were Allison...
Lawyering From the Heart

Lawyering From the Heart

by Elizabeth Simpson | Apr 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized

Profile by Storey Wertheimer Jatoia Potts had just spent eight months behind bars for an abuse and neglect charge she vehemently denied. Even after she was exonerated and all charges were dismissed, she remained unable to see or contact her children in foster care....
We Organize To Keep Families Together

We Organize To Keep Families Together

by operations | Jan 10, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

On December 13th, Operation Stop CPS, Civil Rights Corps, and Emancipate NC hosted a teach-in at UNC School of Law for community members and impacted parents to learn about the importance of court watching and what to look for in our local Abuse, Neglect, and...
A No-Win Situation Revealed

A No-Win Situation Revealed

by Elizabeth Simpson | Nov 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

The Assembly and WBTV are doing a three-part investigation into Durham County’s child welfare system. Their second article, No-Win Scenario, features Emancipate NC’s Toia Potts’s uphill and unjust battle to fight for her children to return home....
Keeping Families Together Conference

Keeping Families Together Conference

by Holly Blackburn | Nov 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

On October 28th, 2023, law students, attorneys, professors, social workers, judges, activists, and impacted parents all gathered for a first-of-its-kind conference about the national crisis in the child welfare system. The conference was a huge success and focused on...
Staff Spotlight: Meet Toia Potts

Staff Spotlight: Meet Toia Potts

by Holly Blackburn | Nov 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation

Meet Toia Potts, a dedicated Organizer at Emancipate NC. As a parent who has been falsely accused of child abuse and a victim of the family regulation system, Toia is committed to raising awareness about the ways in which CPS separates families. Toia frequently shares...
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About

Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and was previously known as the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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PO Box 309
Durham, NC 27702
(919) 682-1149

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