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Koki Mendis

Communications Director

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Koki Mendis is Communications Director at Political Research Associates. In addition to communications, she has a background in outreach, fundraising, and graphic and brand design.

As a communications professional, she works to underpin strategic partnerships with the interpersonal relationships that drive ongoing collaborations and mutual support. As a graphic designer, she is committed to enhancing nonprofits with vibrant design and iconic branding that builds awareness, strengthens fundraising, and communicates mission.

A former researcher in Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more political parties, critical race theory, intersectionality, and refugee studies, Koki holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Florida.

Articles

Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Episode 3
In this episode, Koki and Jiva lay out key ways that the Left can and must build a shared vision of democracy, while the pro-democracy movement is in a moment of crisis. They talk through the “what is to be done?”, drawing inspiration history.
Podcast
Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Episode 2
In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads Koki reads “Gender and Authoritarianism: A Framework for Analysis and Action” by Annie Wilkinson, as part of our ongoing From the Archives series.
Podcast
Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Episode 1
Host Koki Mendis kicks off season 4 with a discussion with Steven Gardiner on the wide-ranging practices, policies, and ideologies underlying the antidemocratic goals of the Neoreactionary Right—and how to resist them.
Podcast