Celebrating the FCC’s vote to reinstate net neutrality for an open internet!

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission voted to reinstate critical net neutrality protections, safeguarding civil and human rights by securing the freedom to receive and share information online. Learn more about what this moment means on the blog.

 

Tell Congress: Protect affordable internet for millions!

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) helps nearly 23 million low-income households access high-speed broadband. It provides $30 per month to qualifying families for affordable internet access and up to $75 per month for households residing on tribal lands. 

Unfortunately, funding for the program will run out at the end of this month, and it will officially shut down in May unless Congress takes action and passes the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act. Will you urge your members of Congress to take action?

 

Mark your calendars!

UCC Media Justice is excited to announce that our 42nd Annual Parker Lecture & Awards Ceremony
is officially scheduled for Tuesday, September 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.! Stay tuned for more details.

Do you have an idea for a great Parker Lecturer? Maybe you know someone who has done great ethical or media justice work in the field of media, technology or telecommunications? Let us know by submitting suggestions for this year's Parker Lecturer, Parker Award winner, and McGannon Award winner. 

 

Affordable Connectivity Program op-ed from UCC Media Justice Board Chair Earl Williams, Jr. in the Cleveland Plain Dealer

We are delighted that our board chair, Earl Williams, Jr., was able to publish an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in support of extending funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program. 

"People who can’t get online are isolated, often relegated to second-class citizenship by not being able to participate in society."

Read the moving op-ed here.

 

Support the fight for media justice with a donation today!

For more than 60 years, the United Church of Christ has been at the forefront of media justice because we know we can't achieve social justice without media justice. But we can’t do it alone. 

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