sujatha baliga, an attorney and director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, was selected this week to receive a MacArthur “genius” award for her work reducing youth incarceration while addressing the complex needs of crime victims. baliga, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, says that personal experience propelled her toward restorative justice work, which she says “invites truth-telling on all sides.” baliga joins us to talk about her award-winning work.
2019 MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow sujatha baliga on the Power of Restorative Justice
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2019 MacArthur "Genius" grant awardee, sujatha baliga. (Courtesy of Impact Justice)
Guests:
sujatha baliga, director of the Restorative Justice Project, Impact Justice; 2019 MacArthur Fellow
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