FCC Chair Wheeler To Conduct Town Hall-Style Meeting

Tom Wheeler

On Thursday, Voices for Internet Freedom, Free Press and the Center for Media Justice are hosting Tom Wheeler, the recently installed Federal Communications Commission chairman, for a town hall-style meeting about the state of communication policy, both in the Bay Area and nationally.

According to sfbg.com, the event, which will be held in Nile Hall of Preservation Park, runs from 7-9pm (local time) and will feature a panel discussion, commentary from influential community members and remarks from Wheeler. There also will be a lengthy time slot reserved for public comments and questions. Viewers can catch a live webstream here during the event.

"It's going to be a fairly short event, but power packed," said Malkia Cyril, founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice. "We want to bring the frame of consciousness about the role of media and culture to the dialogue with the FCC, [because] that generally isn't there.

"Generally, when it's those kind of conversations they have, we are not the kind of people they're talking to. And we want to make sure that the voices of folks that are usually in the margins of debate really get heard."

It expected Wheeler, who was officially named FCC Chairman on Nov. 4 of 2013, will face a litany of questions from Oakland-area community members.

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