If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

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Explore the Paradox of Protests in "IF WE BURN" with Vincent Bevinsand Analilia Mejia, Co-Executive Director of the Center for PopularDemocracy (CPD). Delve into the outcomes of worldwide protests andthe future of activism. Moderated by Peabody-winning journalist,Anjali Kamat. A collaboration between The Action Lab, The Initiativefor Community Power at NYU, and LPE NYC.

Vincent Bevins

is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to the Financial Times in London, served as the Brazil
correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and covered Southeast Asia for the Washington Post. His first
book, "The Jakarta Method," received critical acclaim, being named one of the best books of 2020 by NPR,
GQ, the Financial Times, and CounterPunch, and has been translated into fifteen languages. Bevins resides
in São Paulo.

ANALILIA MEJIA
is the Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy. She is a seasoned political strategist and
Afro-Latina grassroots organizer focused on helping Black and Latinx working families who previously
served as the Deputy Director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor under the Biden
Administration. There she focused on policies and programs supporting women in the labor force. A
daughter of immigrants, Analilia has dedicated her career to working toward a multiracial democracy and
giving power to communities that have been historically excluded.

ANJALI KAMAT

is a Peabody-winning journalist and filmmaker who's reported from around
the world. She's a 2024 Artist-in Residence at the Laundromat Project and is
completing her first feature documentary, THE RETURN. She's been a fellow
with Type Media Institute, a senior reporter, correspondent and producer at
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, WNYC, Al Jazeera's Fault
Lines and Democracy Now! Her work has also appeared in numerous
publications including Mother Jones, NPR, ProPublica, The New Republic,
Slate, Dissent, and The Progressive. She covered the Arab uprisings in 2011
and grew up in Chennai, India.

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