by Elizabeth Simpson | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
On April 21, Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr. Since that date, Emancipate NC staff members, Board, and Justice League Fellows have been on the ground–protesting, bailing out arrested people, coordinating with NLG Legal...
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 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 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League
By Erin Blagrove, Justice League Fellow Erin Blagrove is the daughter of Emancipate NC’s Executive Director Dawn Blagrove, and a Justice League Fellow. On October 27th, 2020 my mother and I went to court, so my mother could be the defense lawyer for a young,...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 27, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing, Raising the Juvenile Age
During the month of October 2020, thousands of people are participating in National Youth Justice Awareness Month (YJAM) activities throughout the country. National Youth Justice Awareness Month was created 13 years ago by a Missouri parent, Tracy McClard, whose...
by Mandie Sellars | Oct 2, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
Protesters gathered in downtown Raleigh, starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 26. The rally was organized by Emancipate NC alongside coalition partners Raleigh Demands Justice, Save our Sons, and PACT Fayetteville. The rally, Uncover North Carolina: An...
