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sujatha baliga loves everyone, no exceptions. A former victim advocate and public defender, sujatha is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences about her decades of restorative justice work. She also speaks publicly and inside prisons about her own experiences as a survivor of child sexual abuse and her path to forgiveness. During her years directing the Restorative Justice Project, sujatha helped communities across the U.S. implement restorative justice alternatives to youth criminalization. Today, she’s exploring restorative justice approaches to ending intimate partner and sexual violence. A 2019 MacArthur Fellow, her personal and research interests include the forgiveness of seemingly unforgivable acts, restorative justice’s role in ending racialized mass criminalization, and Buddhist approaches to conflict transformation. She’s a member of the Gyuto Foundation in Richmond, CA, where she leads meditation on Monday nights. sujatha makes her home in Northern California with her partner of 28 years and their 19-year-old child. She is writing her first book.
our host
Susan Sturm is the George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility and the founding director of the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School. Her work focuses on building the capacity of people and institutions to reduce discrimination, confront racism, transform the justice system, and move toward full participation in educational, legal, and cultural institutions.
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