by Mandie Sellars | May 12, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
by Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director I was 18 years old the first time I can recall seeing a law enforcement officer stand trial for using the power of a badge to terrorize a Black person. The video of Rodney King’s dehumanizing and brutal beating happened on my 17th...
by Mandie Sellars | Feb 19, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On February 16, the Alamance County NAACP kicked off their latest movement, “Stand Against Countywide Acts of Racial & Immigrant Criminalization” in an event that featured CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove. At this gathering, Blagrove talked to the...
by Mandie Sellars | Feb 19, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
In January, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove traveled to Smithfield, North Carolina, to provide a Vote4Justice training for members of the African-American Caucus of the Johnston County Democratic Party and other community advocates. On February 17, several of...
by Mandie Sellars | Jan 22, 2019 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On Saturday, January 19, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined Judge Josephine Kerr Davis, Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry, leaders of African-American Caucus of the NC Democratic Party, and others to discuss criminal justice reform in North Carolina....
by Mandie Sellars | Dec 31, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On December 16, 2018, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined Irving Joyner and April Dawson, law professors at North Carolina Central University School of Law, for their weekly one-hour show. They dive deep into criminal justice reform topics that include mass...
by Mandie Sellars | Dec 27, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
By Syd Roberts, Communications Staff This December CJPC, Executive Director Dawn Blagrove was able to share her breadth of expertise on a police accountability panel at the 75th Annual NAACP of NC State Convention in Raleigh. Towards the end of a day full of...