Emancipate NC

Emancipate NC is a North Carolina-based nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to dismantling structural racism and ending mass incarceration through litigation, advocacy, and community organizing. Founded with a mission rooted in racial justice, the organization has become one of the most prominent civil rights voices in the state, challenging unconstitutional policing practices, pretrial detention abuses, and systemic inequities embedded in the criminal legal system.

The organization has been at the forefront of landmark civil rights litigation in North Carolina, including challenges to the state's cash bail system and efforts to hold law enforcement accountable for unconstitutional conduct. Emancipate NC has litigated cases involving excessive force, unlawful surveillance, and violations of constitutional rights by government actors, working to secure justice for individuals and communities who have been harmed by state-sanctioned violence and discrimination.

Emancipate NC also engages in policy advocacy and public education, mobilizing communities across North Carolina to demand accountability from law enforcement and elected officials. The organization has played a pivotal role in pushing for transparency in policing, opposing gang databases that disproportionately target Black and Brown residents, and advocating for reforms to the state's criminal legal system. Their dual approach of courtroom advocacy and grassroots organizing distinguishes them as a holistic civil rights organization.

Through its work, Emancipate NC has built a reputation as a fierce and principled advocate for those most harmed by systemic injustice in North Carolina. The organization partners with affected communities, other civil rights groups, and legal advocates to advance a vision of a state free from the harms of over-policing, mass incarceration, and racial discrimination in the administration of justice.