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 | 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 | 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 | 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 admin | Jun 18, 2022 | Affordable Access to Modern Communications, Blog, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications
We successfully persuaded Congress in 2021 to adopt the new Affordable Connectivity Program that helps low-income households pay for high-speed internet. Churches and individuals can use our toolkit to help low-income families to access government subsidies for free...
by Cheryl Leanza | Mar 22, 2022 | Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee moved the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2021 (S. 1541) out of committee after a markup. Introduced last year by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D–Illinois), the...