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Tatiana Chaterji

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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)

Youth Confront Violence Through Theater of the Oppressed (Oakland Museum of California & One West Oakland)

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")

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)

Food Justice & Anti-Displacement: Aunti Frances' Legacy of Black Power (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

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.

BAY-Peace Fundraiser with Davey D, Aimee Allison, Rob Bonta

Key Principles Guiding Restorative Justice Circle for Personal and Social Transformation and Healing

Youth Leadership in Action: Trainees in T.O. guiding dynamic interactive session with their peers

Passing the talking piece in circle: healing arts learning laboratory. photo by Z. Baisalova. Supported by Cal Shakes and California Arts-in-Corrections

Closing Ritual: unity is power, with T.O. Training for Youth Organizers

North Oakland RJ Council collaboration on alternatives to youth incarceration (graphic design Susan Quinlan)

Artistic collaborator and graffiti writer Joey Reyes' interactive piece for "a mirror, a threshold, a song: medicines of healing from off the edges of our maps." photo by Z. Baisalova. Performance culmination for healing arts learning laboratory, supported by Cal Shakes and California Arts-in-Corrections

Artistic collaborator and graffiti writer Joey Reyes' interactive piece for "a mirror, a threshold, a song: medicines of healing from off the edges of our maps." photo by Z. Baisalova. Performance culmination for healing arts learning laboratory, supported by Cal Shakes and California Arts-in-Corrections

Image Theater: Theatre of the Oppressed Intensive, Partners for Collaborative Change

North Oakland Restorative Justice Council youth-led public intervention

Sculpture/tableau, Beyond Part

Image Dynamization: from trauma to healing "Survivors Speak" conference in Sacramento

Words on the Wall: Beyond Partition

Body Demechanization: Theatre of the Oppressed Intensive, Partners for Collaborative Change

Playback Theater from community stories, Youth Resist Police Brutality (Humanist Hall)

Words on the Wall: Theater of the Oppressed workshop

Healing Through Theater: Essie Justice Group Healing Retreat

Oakland Middle School Ethnic Studies Conference Presentation: "Stop Being So Dramatic! Playing with Identity"

"Everyone Gets a Chance to Speak": Restorative Justice and Theater of the Oppressed Playshop Series

Theatre of the Oppressed "Joker" Training at the Omni Commons

POC Playshop in Theatre of the Oppressed: Colombian Hypnosis

Aunti Frances, Food Justice, Anti-Poverty, Legacy of Black Panthers

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"Spontaneous Celebrations" Embodied Exploratory Workshop in Kolkata

Words on the Wall: Ethnic Studies workshop with formerly incarcerated community members

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