Celia Alario is a grassroots media strategist and founder of 'PR for People and the Planet'. She spins groundbreaking social action campaigns, political documentaries and books, and has placed hundreds of stories about critical social justice issues in prominent national and international media outlets, (including working as a Press Secretary during Arianna's gubernatorial bid during the historic California Recall Campaign.)

Celia currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and the Advisory Boards of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and Business Ethics Network (BEN).

Bred by New Yorkers, raised in Los Angeles, she now cavorts amidst the purple mush in a progressive rural red state town in Utah.

Blog Entries by Celia Alario

Alaska Fisherman Send Labor Day SOS-Call For Action to Protect Jobs, Fisheries from Climate Change's Evil Twin

Posted September 8, 2009 | 12:31 PM (EST)


Who knew that climate change had an 'evil twin'? Alaska's commercial fishermen knew, that's who, and to mark Labor Day weekend they took bold action in an attempt to protect their livelihood and the health of ocean fisheries worldwide, sending an 'Acid Ocean SOS' made of bodies, boats and...

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All I Need to Know (to Adapt to the Changing Media Landscape) I Learned from My Mom!

1 Comments | Posted May 19, 2009 | 12:27 PM (EST)


In my work as a progressive communicator I, like so many of us, am striving to navigate the volatile and rapidly changing media landscape with an open, creative mind and a smile on my face. And as I explore how to turn what at times does indeed feel like a...

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China's PR Fiascos: Blocking iTunes Just the Latest in Ongoing Olympics PR Disaster

Posted August 20, 2008 | 11:44 AM (EST)


How can China and the International Olympic Committee be so, well... lame?

With both Burston Marsteller and Hill & Knowlton on retainer for the Beijing Olympic games you'd think China would have all its Peking ducks in a row. But they are flailing and a great example...

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