by Sara Cederberg | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons
This week, we’re in Maryland advocating for prison phone justice! We’re proud to support SB 948, led by State Senator Jeff Waldstreicher, and HB 1366, led by Delegate Kent Roberson. Following guidance from the scripture in Matthew 25:35-40, emphasizing the...
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 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...
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 7, 2021 | Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Uncategorized
Yesterday, October 6, 2021, Cheryl A. Leanza, policy advisor to the United Church of Christ’s media justice ministry, OC Inc., testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Energy & Commerce Committee at a hearing titled,...
