by Elizabeth Simpson | Mar 8, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized
Phillip Smith, a friend of Emancipate NC, is the Editor of Nash News, a publication created and produced entirely by Nash Correctional Residents at the Correction Enterprises Print Plant. The last issue featured a story about Emancipate NC, including profiles of...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jan 20, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League
Jatoia Potts is a 2022 Emancipate NC Justice League Fellow. Jatoia first met the Emancipate NC team in December 2019, after she was released from pretrial detention in the Durham County jail, where she spent over nine months locked up on a $250,000 bond. The...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jan 6, 2022 | Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Mass Incarceration
Image depicts artwork by Emancipate NC client, Ashlee Inscoe. Calling all incarcerated artists! Inspired by the creativity and resilience of our siblings in jail and prison, Emancipate NC will launch a site to showcase the talent of incarcerated artists....
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jan 6, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
Image depicts Kerwin Pittman underneath a new billboard in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, dedicated to the life and memory of Andrew Brown, Jr. Emancipate NC has raised a billboard in Elizabeth City, North Carolina to honor the life and memory of Andrew...
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...
