by Cheryl Leanza | Jul 24, 2024 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt an order that will lower rates across the country for phone calls between incarcerated people and their loved ones and establish rate caps for carceral video communications for the first time. So much of...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jul 23, 2024 | A Faith-Based Perspective, Blog
The following blog post was prepared for the United Church of Christ’s Our Faith, Our Vote campaign. As Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, the General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, explained as part of the Our Faith, Our Vote campaign,...
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 24, 2023 | Parker Lecture, Uncategorized
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel unveiled draft rules for addressing digital discrimination October 24 as she delivered the 41st Annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture. At the event, the United Church of Christ...
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 19, 2023 | Blog, Open and Affordable Communications, Uncategorized
UCC Media Justice celebrates, at long last, the Federal Communications Commission’s move to reinstate net neutrality protections and legally classify broadband internet as a fundamental form of connection so that all content and all people have the right to be...
by Cheryl Leanza | Sep 5, 2023 | 2023 Parker Press Release, Uncategorized
Dr. Alisa Valentin, senior director of technology and telecommunications policy at the Washington Bureau of the National Urban League, will receive the 2023 Donald H. McGannon Award, the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry. As previously announced, Federal...
