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NC CRED “Undue Harms” Impact Report

“Informative. Encouraging. Truthful.” On Thursday, April 13, 2023, NC CRED hosted a Symposium at Shaw University that shifted the conversation around removing confederate monuments.  Undue Harm: Undoing the Legacy of […]

Justifying and Legitimizing Racism: The Role of Lawyers in Confederate Iconography at NC Courthouses

On June 30, 2021 at 12:30 pm, the NC Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED), the ACLU of North Carolina, and the Center for Death Penalty Litigation will co-sponsor a webinar focusing on the historic role of white elites, including judges and lawyers, in the movement to construct Confederate iconography across North Carolina and usher in Jim Crow-era policies. We will also discuss the importance of engaging lawyers in today’s Confederate monument removal efforts.

Monuments of Hate: Addressing the Racist Legacy and Impacts of Confederate Monuments in NC

The NC Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED) and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law are co-sponsoring a webinar on Tuesday April 20th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. to review the law and how communities can continue to advocate for the removal of monuments to white supremacy. NC CRED recently launched a campaign to support and educate North Carolinians seeking to remove confederate monuments from courthouse squares in their communities. The goal is the removal of such monuments and other iconography of hatred from all court spaces.

No Justice No Peace: Confederate Monuments and the Fight for Racial Justice

Join the NC Council of Churches and the NC Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED) for a discussion with Dr. Karen L. Cox, author of No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice. Dr. Cox is an award-winning historian, Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, and professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Cox will lead conversation on her book as we learn together and mobilize to take meaningful action.

Who We Are

NC CRED is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works across professional, political and ideological lines to identify, document, and develop strategies to reduce racial disparities in North Carolina’s juvenile and criminal justice systems. We aspire to be a model for the rest of the nation.

NC CRED brings together a diverse group of more than 30 criminal justice leaders and stakeholders who share a commitment to building a more equitable, effective, and humane criminal justice system throughout the state.

Represented on the Commission are judges from District Court and Superior Court; Chiefs of Police and other law enforcement leaders; District Attorneys, Public Defenders, community advocates, and scholars.

What We Do

FORUM

NC CRED provides a forum for members to become better equipped to address racial disparities collectively and within their respective spheres of influence.

COLLABORATION

NC CRED serves as a hub of collaboration for a diverse network of criminal justice stakeholders.

RACIAL JUSTICE CLEARINGHOUSE

NC CRED promotes productive, data-informed discourse on race and justice issues in North Carolina. The clearinghouse works to provide an accessible source of reliable, credible and actionable data, analysis and research on race and criminal justice issues in North Carolina.

TRAININGS AND CONVENINGS

NC CRED works to engage stakeholders across North Carolina with resources and education aimed at equitable system change.

RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, & RECOMMENDATIONS

NC CRED develops and provides data, analysis and recommendations on the racial impact of proposed & current policy as well as research-backed analysis of the drivers and remedies of racial disparities in North Carolina’s criminal justice system.