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feature in California Shakespeare Theater program, summer 2018
Articles, Video & Audio on My Work
A Mirror, A Threshold, A Song: Profile on Chaterji's Healing Arts Practice (California Arts Council, filmmaker: Nicole Gervacio)
Restorative Justice at Fremont High School: Transforming Relationships & School Culture (Learning Policy Institute, 2023)
Rise of Restorative Justice in Oakland Schools Brings Promise, Controversy (EdSource, 2018)
At this Oakland High School, Restorative Justice Goes Far Beyond Discipline (EdSource, 2022)
Contributor, "Little Book of Youth Engagement in Restorative Justice" (March 29, 2022 interview on KPFA's Upfront at 1 hour 47 min)
We are 1 in 4: Testimonies from Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones (Panel Facilitator, 2016 Policy Summit #StandWithHer, Essie Justice Group)
California Shakespeare Theater 2018 Luminary Awards
Narrative Writing / Lyric Essays on My Work
Restorative Economics: Creating an Alternative Pipeline for System-Impacted Youth Through Arts-Based Leadership (Inspire Awards, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation)
Theater-Based Healing with Incarcerated Women:
Mirrors of Each Other
Through the Looking Glass
Ritual & Memory
(Artist Investigator, California Shakespeare Theater)
Performance Collaborations
Multiverse (Core Artist, Original Devised Theater Performance with Ragged Wing Ensemble)
Stories High IV, Bindlestiff Studio's One-Act Play Festival
It Has A Face (writer); Untethered (director)
VONA Open Studio at Kelly Writer's House (excerpt from original play, "Purva Express")
Public Workshops
Conflict Embodiment Lab
Rainbow of Desire Daylong Intensive Training
Taller de Teatro del Oprimido
Beyond Punishment: Transformative Justice (TJ) Office Hours
(A series to deepen understanding of frameworks for real-time challenges of interpersonal violence outside of the criminal legal system, including Mandated Reporting, Human Resources, Restraining Orders, and Victims' Rights)
People of Color Theater of the Oppressed Playshop Series
Features on Political & Artistic Projects with Youth
Oakland Listening Sessions (Facilitator & Youth Organizer, People's Policy Platform on Responses to Violence, 2016 City Council Elections)
Youth Poets Against Racial Profiling (KDOL forum, Poet-Mentor)
Counter-Militarism and Youth Voice (KDOL profile on BAY-Peace)
Oakland Youth on the Frontlines in Movement Against Police Brutality (KPFA profile on BAY-Peace)
Power of Youth (Bay Area Video Coalition profile on BAY-Peace)
Youth Poets Against Police Brutality (Youth Organizer & Teaching Artist, Oakland's Geography of Resistance, BAY-Peace)
Curriculum & Educational Resources
A Mirror, A Threshold, A Song: Medicines of Healing in Theater and Restorative Justice, Lead Author
The Little Book of Youth Engagement in Restorative Justice: Intergenerational Partnerships for Just and Equitable Schools, Contributor
Coliberate: Community-Driven Climate Resilience Planning, Contributing Author
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