Working For Media Justice in the Digital Age
FCC Chairman Wheeler yesterday announced his intention to make an important step forward toward more media competition. The really good news is that Chairman Wheeler is not proposing to permit additional consolidation, which is a significant improvement over the ill-conceived proposal of the prior Chairman, Julius Genachowski. In addition, Wheeler is proposing to close some […]
For over ten years a coalition of organizations and individuals has been asking the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) to lower the cost of calling prison, jail or detention centers. Finally, last year we won! The FCC’s new rate caps take effect February 11, 2014. The new rates will protect families, pastors, community members and others making […]
Originally posted January 17, 2014 By Kimberly Knight This past fall I accepted a board position on the Media Justice arm of the UCC, OC Inc. Since I care deeply about social justice as part of my duty as a follower of The Way, and since I spend commitment levels of time engaging media of […]
Building on last month’s successes, UCC’s media justice and communications rights ministry, OC Inc., and its allies are attracting increased attention to our fight against predatory prison phone rates. UCC was proud that Rev. Jesse Jackson took the opportunity as the 30th Annual Parker Lecturer to denounce these prison phone rates as “exploitive” actions which […]
The United Church of Christ’s media justice ministry, OC Inc., has been working to put a stop to the predatory rates that beleaguer families, friends, and pastors seeking to communicate with people in prison. As our fact sheet explains, families can spend up to $300 per month for a weekly one hour phone call to […]