by Cheryl Leanza | Sep 5, 2023 | 2023 Parker Press Release, Featured, Uncategorized
Dr. Alisa Valentin, senior director of technology and telecommunications policy at the Washington Bureau of the National Urban League, will receive the 2023 Donald H. McGannon Award, the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry. As previously announced, Federal...
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Gigi Sohn, President Biden’s nominee for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission, asked that her nomination be withdrawn after more than 16 months of attacks on her...
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,...
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 11, 2018 | Parker Lecture, Uncategorized
Tears mixed with memories, moments of levity and inspiration as three media justice advocates were honored today by the United Church of Christ’s Office of Communication, Inc. at the 36th Annual Everett C. Parker Telecommunications Lecture and Awards Breakfast in...
