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Cheryl quoted in the Wall Street Journal
On behalf of her client, the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry, Cheryl has been a leader in bringing down predatory costs for people who are incarcerated. After the Federal Communications Commission voted to implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act, which Cheryl also helped pass, she was quoted in the Wall… Read More
Smart Cities & Big Data: Where’s the Ethical Framework?
Last week, half a world away, Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Pritzker were engaged in high-level dialogue with political leaders in India. On the agenda: “smart cities.” All around the world, cities are often on the forefront of cutting edge policy debates. While in the U.S., the “laboratories of democracy” are thought of… Read More
Cheryl quoted in New York Times
Obama’s Net Neutrality Bid Divides Civil Rights Groups “The civil rights community is like every sector anywhere. While from the outside it seems like a monolith, it is not,” said Cheryl A. Leanza, a policy adviser for the United Church of Christ Office of Communication. Though she was part of the 11-member group that included… Read More
Cheryl featured in Time post on prison phones
On the day new, lower prison phone rates went into effect, Time Magazine’s business blog featured Cheryl Leanza’s comments on the importance of the victory. “This is a huge victory for justice for ordinary people at an agency that is usually more attuned to private interests,” says Cheryl A. Leanza, policy director at the United Church… Read More
Cheryl named one of the Top 25 Inspirational and Engaged Leaders
Cheryl Leanza was recently named one of the Top 25 Inspirational and Engaged Leaders as part of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition & Citizenship Education Fund, Public Policy Institute and Media & Telecommunications Project Annual Symposium. Cheryl was honored on November 14, 2013 in Washington DC.
Helping a civil rights coalition speak out
Cheryl works with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in several capacities. Through her work and their staff, we have been able to demonstrate sophistication on media policy and communication rights. In the last month, with Cheryl’s help, the Leadership Conference has been able to: write an op-ed in the National Journal opposing… Read More
Open Internet: no longer a solution in search of a problem
Over the weekend, the New York Times published a story noting that the second-largest Internet provider in France, called Free, is blocking advertisements as part of its new default settings. This means that, unless users change the default, its 5.2 million customers will not see any advertisements when they browse the Internet. Whoa! While this is… Read More
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