Emergent Justice is a power-building organization dedicated to empowering communities most affected by inequity. Our mission is to expand their collective influence, agency, and capacity to set priorities, shape policy, and transform unjust systems.
We utilize participatory defense and participatory research, community organizing, base-building, leadership development, and campaigning to foster active community participation, elevate marginalized voices, and drive lasting structural change.
We firmly believe that power building extends beyond winning individual policy battles; it’s about cultivating an enduring, organized base that can continually hold systems accountable, develop new leaders, and mobilize collective action to address the root causes of injustice.
As Storytellers of the Movement, our hope is to build capacity around racial justice storytelling in a way that drives sustainable change.
Working Towards Change
We are currently focused on building a constituency around critical issues such as youth mental health and criminal justice, always centering our core mission on shifting power dynamics toward justice by and for those most directly affected.
Latest News and Blog Posts
Greensboro Four Sit-In
On February 1, 1960, Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil sat down at the Whites Only lunch counter of the Woolworth in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, and asked to be served. They were declined and asked to leave. They politely declined. Police were called but they were not arrested. Why? Before…
Evidentiary Hearing: Final Day
Evidentiary hearings are different from an appeal hearing. Evidentiary hearings allow the defense to present new evidence, call witnesses and cross-examine witnesses. Mario’s evidentiary hearing began on Monday, December 8, 2025. It was scheduled to run for five days. But Mario’s legal team had so much new evidence to share, so many questions for new…