by Sara Cederberg | Apr 10, 2024 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons
This is a special guest blog post from Azam Chaudry, a third-year law student, and student attorney, in the Communications and Technology Law Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center, in Washington, D.C. Azam helped prepare testimony in support of HB 1366 with other...
by Sara Cederberg | Mar 13, 2024 | Affordable Access to Modern Communications, Blog, Open and Affordable Communications
The internet is an integral part of our lives in this digital age. Nowadays, we rely on the internet not only for staying in touch with friends and family and entertainment but also for worship, work, health care, and managing our finances. Since the adoption of a...
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 | 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 | Aug 24, 2023 | Affordable Access to Modern Communications, Broadband for Everyone, 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...
