Working For Media Justice in the Digital Age
Celebrating a Victory, With an Eye to the Future On February 26th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to reclassify the Internet as a public utility, as essential as water and electricity, and adopted strong protections to keep the Internet open and free for this and future generations. One year ago, today’s victory today was […]
Contact Info: Stephanie Vanegas, 415-495-4200 ext.101 | stephanie@spitfirestrategies.com Washington D.C. – In response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voting to approve a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, to comprehensively reform interstate and intrastate inmate calling services for prisons and detention facilities, civil rights, media justice, and labor groups released the following statement: “The […]
FCC Chairman Wheeler Highlights Need for Greater Broadband Access nd Diversity in Media Ownership Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler Tuesday pledged to improve the rates of media ownership by women and persons of color during his tenure as chairman, and said he was treating the commission’s open Internet rules as “the most important decision […]
Thank you. first, I want to congratulate Kathy Sandoval, what great company to have on this day. thank you for your amazing work over the years. I want to thank my movement family – especially my comrades at the praxis project who share this award with me. Thank you to my sistar Jaribu Hill for […]
32nd Annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture October 7, 2014 Thank you Pastor Edmonds for that introduction. Congratulations to Makani Themba and Commissioner Cathy Sandoval for your well-deserved recognition. It is an honor to follow Reverend Truman Parker – following a Parker is natural for all of us, and that, in part, is […]