In my new neighborhood in Raleigh, there are Black Lives Matter signs, but no Black people. At the end of the street, there is a...[Read More]
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“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil...[Read More]
This article was published with permission and in collaboration with Prism. You can find the original article here. After years of what Emelia Cowans-Taylor describes...[Read More]
When Emelia “Me-Me” Cowans-Taylor reached out to share that she had been fired from her long-time job at WRAL TV 5, I was devastated but...[Read More]
This spring Dawn Blagrove, the Executive Director of Emancipate NC joined our board of directors. We’ve highlighted some of her amazing work with justice involved...[Read More]
On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove. Plain-clothed officers...[Read More]
My friend Frankie sent me another link this week to educate myself about race. This one was about mass incarceration. We’d watched the documentary, Thirteenth,...[Read More]
On June 26, 2020, I marched alongside my brothers and sisters in Pembroke as part of a peaceful march against police brutality. Lumbee counter-protestors claim...[Read More]
Race, the Very Confusing Social Construct Growing up in my community, I was surrounded by people of all skin colors, quite literally. The spectrum...[Read More]
Racism is not just happening in the streets of America. It’s everywhere. In every profession, including in the field of education. The first time I...[Read More]