Tatiana Chaterji
Alameda County
Project: Young Sisters in Creative Connection: Healing Arts Workshops and Performance for At-Risk, Juvenile Justice System-Involved Girls
Tatiana Chaterji is a restorative justice practitioner, victims’ rights advocate, and educator. She bridges artistic expression and healing in her work with high-violence, high-trauma communities. She runs peacemaking circles with children in the Oakland Unified School District and teenagers in Alameda County juvenile justice. She is a facilitator with Love Balm for My SpiritChild, a testimonial theater project honoring women who have lost children to police brutality and community conflict. For BAY-Peace, she trains youth in Theater of the Oppressed and performance poetry, connecting storytelling to social transformation and counter-militarism. As a survivor of violent crime, she participates in victim-offender dialogues, processes of reconciliation and motivational speaking with diverse groups, seeking accountability in ways that move beyond prisons, policing, and punitive discipline. Tatiana proudly serves on the Program Team of Essie Justice Group, where she leads healing arts workshops for women with incarcerated loved ones.
With her Bay Area Inspire Award, Tatiana will conduct workshops for young women in juvenile hall, on probation, and at risk. The focus will be on expression through dialogue, writing, and dance.
Read Tatiana's report: Young Sisters in Creative Connection
Alameda County
Project: Young Sisters in Creative Connection: Healing Arts Workshops and Performance for At-Risk, Juvenile Justice System-Involved Girls
Tatiana Chaterji is a restorative justice practitioner, victims’ rights advocate, and educator. She bridges artistic expression and healing in her work with high-violence, high-trauma communities. She runs peacemaking circles with children in the Oakland Unified School District and teenagers in Alameda County juvenile justice. She is a facilitator with Love Balm for My SpiritChild, a testimonial theater project honoring women who have lost children to police brutality and community conflict. For BAY-Peace, she trains youth in Theater of the Oppressed and performance poetry, connecting storytelling to social transformation and counter-militarism. As a survivor of violent crime, she participates in victim-offender dialogues, processes of reconciliation and motivational speaking with diverse groups, seeking accountability in ways that move beyond prisons, policing, and punitive discipline. Tatiana proudly serves on the Program Team of Essie Justice Group, where she leads healing arts workshops for women with incarcerated loved ones.
With her Bay Area Inspire Award, Tatiana will conduct workshops for young women in juvenile hall, on probation, and at risk. The focus will be on expression through dialogue, writing, and dance.
Read Tatiana's report: Young Sisters in Creative Connection
