Sujatha Baliga

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sujatha baliga
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baliga in 2011
Born1970or1971(age 53–54)
Education
Occupations
  • Restorative justice practitioner
  • public speaker
  • attorney
Known for
  • Forgiveness
  • restorative justice
Website www.sujathabaliga.com

sujatha baliga (born 1970/1971) [1] is an American attorney and restorative justice practitioner who won the MacArthur Fellowship in 2019. [1] [2]

Biography

baliga was born and raised in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. [3] baliga attended Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [4]

She is the director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice in Oakland, California. For her work there she was awarded a 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant.

She was one of two Oaklanders awarded the grant in 2019, the other being Walter Hood. [5]

She prefers that her name be uncapitalized. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Schuessler, Jennifer (September 25, 2019). "MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners for 2019: The Full List". The New York Times . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Haynes, Danielle (September 25, 2019). "MacArthur Foundation hands out 26 'genius grants". UPI . Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ Tullis, Paul (January 4, 2014). "Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?". The New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "sujatha baliga, MacArthur Fellow". macfound.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ "2 Oakland Residents Receive MacArthur Genius Grants". CBS Bay Area . September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ Kelly, John (September 26, 2019). "Restorative Justice Leader sujatha baliga Named a MacArthur Genius". The Chronicle of Social Change. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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