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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
