Staff
Cheryl Leanza
Policy Advisor
Cheryl A. Leanza is the President of her consulting firm, A Learned Hand, LLC, www.alearnedhand.com. In this capacity, she serves as policy advisor to the United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc. — the church’s historic media advocacy arm. Her other clients include National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Public Knowledge and Native Public Media. Ms. Leanza’s prior positions include Principal Legislative Counsel for telecommunications at the National League of Cities where she was lead lobbyist for local elected officials. She also spent six and one-half years as Deputy Director of Media Access Project. Ms. Leanza has been a leader in public interest advocacy, advocating for diversity in ownership, low power community radio, children’s media, and other policies furthering First Amendment principles, including network neutrality. She has represented non-profits before the Federal Communications Commission and in the U.S. Appellate courts, and has been widely quoted in the trade and mainstream press on these issues. Ms. Leanza is an Adjunct Professor at GeorgetownUniversity, Dept. of Communications, Culture and Technology and is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Media & Democracy Coalition. A cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and the Ford School of Public Policy, Ms. Leanza has served on the Executive Committee and the Foundation Board of the Federal Communications Bar Association.
Greg Epstein
Outreach & Communications
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Recent Blog Posts
Letter to the Congressional Oversight Committee
March 16, 2015 Rep. Jason Chaffetz Chair of the House Oversight & Gov’t Reform 2157 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Rep. Elijah Cummings Ranking Member of theHouse Oversight & Gov’t Reform 2157 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member Cummings: As racial justice and civil rights organizations, we write to express our […]
As Jail Visits Go High-Tech, Isolation Grows
The following is an excerpt from NBC News. Twice a week, Ashika Coleman-Carter drives out to the Travis County Correctional Complex, in Texas, to visit her husband. But when she sits down to say hello, she doesn’t look at him through the traditional shatter-proof glass. Instead, she sees Keith’s face on a video screen. “It […]
Balancing the Harms and Benefits of Electronic Prisoner Communication
The following is an excerpt from Equal Future. In South Carolina, inmates face up to two years in solitary confinement for making just one post to Facebook. It’s one stark frontier in an ongoing battle over the pros and cons of cell phone and internet access in prisons. Many inmates are prohibited from using cell […]
Hundreds of South Carolina Inmates Sent to Solitary Confinement Over Facebook
The following is an except from EFF’s Deeplinks Blog. In the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is an offense on par with murder, rape, rioting, escape and hostage-taking. Back in 2012, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) made “Creating and/or Assisting With A Social Networking Site” a Level 1 offense [PDF], a category […]