Hi Friend,

Today UCC Media Justice celebrates what would have been the 110th birthday of our founder, the Rev. Dr. Everett C. Parker. And this year we have much to celebrate:

• After five years of advocacy, we led a coalition that successfully persuaded Congress to pass prison phone justice reform legislation, enabling the Federal Communications Commission to protect incarcerated persons and their families from predatory phone rates.
• We’ve helped create—and are working with churches to spread the word about—a new program that helps low-income families purchase high-speed Internet services so that they can access government services, do their schoolwork and compete for jobs.
• We’ve helped women and abortion providers learn how to protect their reproductive privacy on digital platforms in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade.
• We honor the best and brightest media justice advocates and cutting edge speakers through the Annual Everett Parker Lecture, like our 40th Lecturer, Maya Wiley of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
• And we’re bringing a resolution to the UCC’s 34th General Synod this summer, seeking to reaffirm our denomination’s longtime commitment to the fight for digital justice and inclusion.