by operations | Mar 12, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Congressional Republicans are advancing a bill that would impose strict new voter registration requirements, including a mandate for registrants to present documents proving U.S. citizenship. However, tens of millions of Americans lack easy access to such documents,...
by operations | Jun 12, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Emancipate NC joins with For the People Action, Common Cause N.C., Democracy N.C., North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Advance Carolina, and El Pueblo to OPPOSE House Bill 237. Dawn Blagrove spoke at a Raleigh, NC press conference on June 6th, revealing how...
by operations | May 29, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
A new anti-masking bill could make it illegal to wear a mask at protests again, with exceptions for the Ku Klux Klan. North Carolina’s initial ban on masks at demonstrations came in response to the KKK. However, there’s still an exception in the...
by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Mass Incarceration
Earlier this month, Kerwin Pittman joined up with the North Carolina Second Chance Alliance for its annual Second Chance Lobby Day at the General Assembly. This coalition comprises a statewide group of people with criminal records, their family members, service...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Last week, Dawn joined the North Carolina Black and Brown Policy Network’s (BBPN) Advocacy Day at the NC General Assembly. BBPN formed out of the COVID-19 pandemic to address the urgent need for change, substantial resources, policy overhaul, and equity for...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Mass Incarceration
This recent conversation between host Cierra Cobb and guest Phillip Smith ranges from finding and transforming oneself to restorative justice and policy change. Phil’s own life story ties these various subjects together. Over the course of his 22...
