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Season 1

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JOSEPH PHELAN | Worker Justice Fellow

Joseph is a creative strategist with a long history working in and with racial justice and economic justice organizations. Prior to his current work as a strategic communications consultant for foundations and organizing groups, he was the communications coordinator at Miami Workers Center, and a founding staff member at Florida New Majority where he built a communications shop that also served the Florida Immigrant Coalition. After leaving Miami Joseph joined the staff at Caring Across Generations as the Communications Director where we oversaw the national communications strategy, and supported state-based civic engagement campaigns. Joseph is an expert in strategy development, creative action design, and communications training. 
Follow Joseph on Twitter: @JTPSpeaks

Stop the Presses! is a semi-monthly live webcast produced by the Center for Story-based Strategy. Our first season of the webcast was hosted by Joseph Phelan. The program pulled together organizers, leaders, and communications experts to look at lessons from ongoing campaigns, and explore communications innovations that advanced social justice movements across the United States. 

Featured
Being Bold - Episode 7
Being Bold - Episode 7

Join panelist Denise Perry of BOLD: Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity and host Joseph Phelan for a conversation about Black organizing in the labor movement.

Movement Memes - Episode 6
Movement Memes - Episode 6

Join Panelists Terry Marshall of Intelligent Mischief and Deanna Zandt of Lux Digital, with host Joseph Phelan, for a look back at CSS's Top Social Justice Memes of 2014

Online Organizing: A trick or treat? - Episode 5
Online Organizing: A trick or treat? - Episode 5

Join panelists Mariana Ruiz Firmat, of Presente, Alicia Garza of NDWA, and Dante Barry with Media Action Grassroots Network for a conversation on online organizing with host Joseph Phelan.

Re:Imagining Solidarity - Episode 4
Re:Imagining Solidarity - Episode 4

A conversation on low-wage worker organizing with Los Angeles Black Workers Center, 350.org, Climate Justice Alliance: Our Power Campaign, Workers Defense Project, National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth.

Coloring Outside the Lines - Episode 3
Coloring Outside the Lines - Episode 3

A conversation about the role of cultural strategies in organizing with panelists Favianna Rodriguez and Tracy Van Slyke.

Going Viral for Valentine's - Episode 2
Going Viral for Valentine's - Episode 2

Featuring panelists Samala from 18 Million Rising and B Loewe from NDLON with host Joseph Phelan.

Holidays of Justice - Pilot Episode
Holidays of Justice - Pilot Episode

Holidays of Justice features Aimee Castenell of Color of Change, Andrea Dehlendorf of Our Walmart and Jonathan Williams of Jobs With Justice for a conversation with host Joseph Phelan and co-host Doyle Canning.