wfn.org | Cheryl Leanza to lead Media Reform Workshop at RCCongress 2010

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> Cheryl Leanza

Managing Director / Consultant of the United Church of Christ's 
historic media justice arm, the Office of Communication, Inc.

> RCCongress 2010 Workshops:

> Media Reform and the Religious Community

Join the Coalition: Media Justice is Social Justice

Cheryl Leanza is the Managing Director / Consultant of the United 
Church of Christ's historic media justice arm, the Office of 
Communication, Inc. A former deputy director of the Media Access 
Project, she has served as principal legislative counsel for 
telecommunications at the National League of Cities since mid-2005.

Writing, advocating and litigating extensively in the areas of media 
ownership, access to the internet and the availability of low-power 
radio, Leanza has represented the public interest as lead counsel 
before the FCC and in U.S. Appellate courts. She led a lobbying 
effort at the center of the telecommunications debate, seeking to 
ensure cable companies are accountable to local citizens. Leanza 
teaches First Amendment and broadcasting to graduate students at 
Georgetown University's Communications, Culture and Technology program.

She graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School 
and simultaneously earned a Master of Public Policy degree from 
Michigan's Institute of Public Policy Studies. She serves on the 
Executive Committee of the Federal Communications Bar Association, 
and is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and New York; 
and in the United States Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia, Third, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits.
Media Reform and the Religious Community

Whoever controls the media controls the message. Don't just be 
satisfied with the media you've got, but demand the media that you 
deserve. Media reform is a grassroots movement to ensure that the 
media is accessible to diverse constituencies.

Co-led by the Rev. J. Bennett Guess and Cheryl Leanza, United Church 
of Christ Office of Communication, Inc.
Join the Coalition: Media Justice is Social Justice

"So We Might See" is a new interfaith coalition on media reform. Come 
hear about the coalition's web-based campaign and learn how your 
faith tradition can join the movement for grassroots media reform.

Co-led by the Rev. J. Bennett Guess and Cheryl Leanza, United Church 
of Christ Office of Communication, Inc.

" I have always respected UCC's role in media reform advocacy.

I look forward to working within the public interest community as 
part of a campaign to promote media democracy.

Media shapes our views, lives, and politics. Media companies must be 
accountable. "

~ Cheryl Leanza - When named to head UCC's media justice agency

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