Cheryl Leanza

25+ years in communications policy to nonprofit clients, like @uccmediajustice, & local govt clients @BBKLaw

[Washington Post Guild @PostGuild]

This shows the true scope of these layoffs — and it’s deeper than numbers on a page.

These numbers aren’t just statistics. They reflect careers, communities, and a profound shift in who gets to shape the journalism and mission of The Washington Post.

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

@wmata please turn the 16th st buses that are backed up so people can catch a bus north on 16th street !

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

@UCCMediaJustice just put out this statement opposing the newest version of the #AI moratorium in the Senate -- urging a vote to strip the provision in todays vote-a-rama
https://t.co/375nb3vams

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

🚨 URGENT: The House could vote in a matter of hours to gut funding for public media.

We need to raise our voices now: https://t.co/irOXcG1hW8

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

The Republican 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation won’t lead to an AI Golden Age. It will lead to a Dark Age for the environment, our children, and marginalized communities.

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

@adamconner And, as might be expected, this DOES NOT preempt if a state or local regulation is designed to facilitate or streamline AI deployment. Even if it is stripped here, betting we will see this language again.

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

For example - annoying to #FCC geeks like me - I haven't been able to search by FCC number in at least a month. (FCC number = unique number assigned to any FCC decision, not the docket number and a handy shortcut to obtain a ruling available via FCC's EDOCS.)

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

The @FCC website is down (again) this morning. It has not been working correctly, off and on, for weeks.

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

This is a GREAT resource, I'm really glad we could put it out. To help make sure incarcerated consumers and their loved ones get the protections -- and lower rates-- they deserve.

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

The FCC’s new prison phone rate rules mean calls cost 6¢ per minute in prisons and just 12¢ in small jails! Learn more in this new guide we prepared with the assistance of @GeorgetownLaw's Communications & Technology Law Clinic: https://t.co/I8cLQrjSfh #communicationsjustice

[Anna M. Gomez @AGomezFCC]

I’m sorry to see Commissioners Bedoya & Slaughter treated this way.

They've demonstrated unwavering dedication to public service and deserve to continue serving as Congress and the law intended.

We all have a duty to keep speaking truth to power and to stand firm in our beliefs

[NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice @NETWORKLobby]

Instead of protecting their constituents, 10 Senate Democrats helped pass a budget that guts essential services and fuels mass deportations. This is unacceptable.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/V6wt61Ui5O

[NCLC @NCLC4consumers]

President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE are “winding down” the #CFPB and planning to fire nearly all of its 1,700 employees. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨. #ProtectConsumers #HandsOffCFPB https://t.co/w6Nk6Q09Lb

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

We could not agree more with @AGomezFCC: "The FCC has no business intimidating and silencing broadcast media." https://t.co/XP1cYsBCaz

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

NEW must-read blog: The Trump FCC's new direction threatens press freedom when needed most.

"Chairman Brendan Carr...is using the FCC's regulatory power to demand unedited interview footage, threaten license revocation, and probe stations..." https://t.co/mrnI9deeXl

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

Today is @unitedchurch's #RacialJusticeSunday, and we're honoring the legacy of our founder, the Reverend Dr. Everett C. Parker. His work was centered around ensuring media served the civil rights movement for racial justice.

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

But, of course, not the only legitimate complaint with facts and evidence on its side.

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

In what will, unfortunately, likely be just another of the shocking but not surprising action by this @FCC, the rulings last week to protect broadcasters from undue government pressure were just revoked.

[UCC Media Justice Ministry @UCCMediaJustice]

In this context, this is unquestionably the right decision.🧵 https://t.co/cgrOt1m5A9

[Cheryl Leanza @Cleanza]

We're getting a few more things done on #phonejustice as we approach the holidays on behalf of @UCCMediaJustice. I testified last week at the Oregon state legislature about and we filed Reply Comments @FCC this week.

[Sensible Safeguards & Clean Budget @goodregs]

The bipartisan infrastructure law prohibited digital discrimination.

Now a poison pill budget rider could block those protections!

Everyone needs fair access to high-speed internet and the services it provides.

Join us and @UCCMediaJustice in opposing this poison pill.