by Cheryl Leanza | Aug 24, 2023 | Affordable Access to Modern Communications, Broadband for Everyone, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications, Synod
United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry and the National Consumer Law Center produced a new State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit. The State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit will help the faith community, advocates and others to weigh in with their state...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jun 18, 2023 | Broadband for Everyone, Featured, Synod
We are glad we connected with you in Indianapolis. Here are ways to follow up on our Synod resolution and make media justice and communication rights a reality for all. Read the resolution. Most important: sign up to stay in touch with us, via our regular email...
by Cheryl Leanza | May 23, 2023 | A Faith-Based Perspective, Affordable Access to Modern Communications, Blog, Broadband for Everyone, Open and Affordable Communications
UCC Media Justice worked with thirteen General Synod delegates and Wider Church Ministries and Global HOPE to develop a resolution titled, Closing the Digital Divide: Calling on the United Church of Christ to Seek Digital Justice and Inclusion. The resolution will be...
by Cheryl Leanza | May 23, 2023 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Concentration, Uncategorized
After months of scrutiny and last-minute brinksmanship, a proposed $8.6 Billion hedge fund takeover of TV company TEGNA was finally sent to the scrap heap. UCC Media Justice had jointly filed against the transaction with Common Cause and also with two unions that are...
by Cheryl Leanza | Mar 16, 2023 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Uncategorized
The Federal Communications Commission starts work today on implementing the new Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act, the product of years of work by UCC Media Justice and its allies. We are excited to roll up our sleeves and help establish the...
by Cheryl Leanza | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
The UCC’s Media Justice Ministry and other advocates responded with alarm—and sadness—when Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission, asked that her nomination be withdrawn after more than 16 months of attacks on her...