“The government has no place in the newsroom.” That was once a near-universal principle articulated by leaders on both sides of the aisle, including then–FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai.

UCC Media Justice is particularly interested in this case because Everett Parker originally asked for the collection and release of this data in the 1960s to help ensure that our country’s media fully reflects the diversity of our nation.

On Tuesday, January 21 — just one day after Martin Luther King Jr. day — new FCC Brendan Carr announced that the agency would be ending diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Without communication that is accountable to the people who use it, we could have lost many invaluable elements of culture and art that uplift us to this day, we would not be able to share the great teachings of the world’s religions and philosophies.

Without communication that is accountable to the people who use it, we could have lost many invaluable elements of culture and art that uplift us to this day, we would not be able to share the great teachings of the world’s religions and philosophies.

UCC Media Justice was sad to learn that Ralph Jennings, a key aide to Everett Parker, passed away earlier this month at the age of 86.

Recapping a successful 42nd Annual Parker Lecture & Awards Ceremony

Rev. Kelli Parrish Lucas, Pastor of First Congregational Church in Rock Spring, Wyoming, offers a moving prayer for families impacted by the end of the ACP.