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 above: featured story on theater with incarcerated women in the program of 

California Shakespeare Theater's summer production, 2018​

below: public workshops on healing, safety, and non-carceral harm response

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Videos & Articles 
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)
Restorative Economics: Creating an Alternative Pipeline for System-Impacted Youth Through Arts-Based Leadership  (Inspire Awards, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation)
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")
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                                                                                                     
Gallery / Visual Snapshot It's difficult to capture what I do with (amateur) photography - since it is about process rather than final product; the sacred, fleeting, ritual of live performance - but here is an imperfect attempt to do exactly that! Published with permission from the talented artists, youth visionaries, and participant-facilitators depicted here. Click the images to learn more about the context. 
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