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Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission, asked that her nomination be withdrawn after more than 16 months of attacks on her...
by Cheryl Leanza | Feb 24, 2023 | Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Concentration
The United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry celebrated this afternoon when the Federal Communications Commission issued an order that almost certainly will block a major transaction that would have produced significant media consolidation. UCC Media Justice...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog
President Biden’s nominee for the empty seat at the Federal Communications Commission, Gigi B. Sohn, must be rapidly confirmed by the Senate Commerce Committee and the full Senate. No nominee in recent memory–if ever–has come to the post with so much...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons
After more than five years of lobbying, UCC Media Justice successfully led a coalition of advocates to persuade Congress to pass the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 on December 22, 2022. The bipartisan legislation was championed by...
by Cheryl Leanza | Sep 22, 2022 | 2022 Lecture Press Release, Blog, Parker Lecture
Maya Wiley, the nationally recognized President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, delivered the 40th annual Everett C. Parker Lecture, the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry’s signature annual event, while Jessica J. González,...
