Recently, NBC News posted a terrific video profile of 2014 OSI Community Fellow Van Brooks, who was paralyzed during a football game when he was 16 years old. He started the Safe Alternative Foundation for Education (SAFE) in 2012 to help as many kids as possible. The organization emphasizes to youth the need to get a […]
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OSI Fellow discusses project in SHIFT Talk
Wednesday, September 13, 2017Recently, 2014 OSI Community Fellow, Matt Hanna was featured in a SHIFT Talk discussing his fellowship, Next One Up, a project that aims to help young men in Baltimore City by supporting and advancing their academic, athletic and social development. SHIFT Talks, a project of SHIFT Baltimore, are designed to let local entrepreneurs tell their […]
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Baltimore Racial Justice Action hosts “Talking to Children about Race”
Tuesday, September 12, 2017Tomorrow, as part of their “13th of the Month” series, Baltimore Racial Justice Action (BRJA) will hold “Talking to Children about Race,” a discussion with parents, caretakers and teachers on ways to engage in constructive conversations with children about race. The event starts at 6:30pm at the American Brewery Building. This free series is designed […]
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OSI Fellow to lead discussion on structural inequality in Baltimore
Monday, September 11, 2017On Thursday, September 28, the University of Baltimore will host “Structural Inequality and Public Services in Baltimore” featuring 2012 OSI Community Fellow, Lawrence Brown. Brown, whose project, “You’re the Quarterback: Gameplan for Life” aimed to strengthen the families of black men in Baltimore by focusing on barriers to employment, increasing health insurance coverage and providing […]
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New City Paper features work of students in OSI Fellow’s Writers in Schools program
Friday, September 08, 2017The cover story in this week’s City Paper is a collaboration between the paper and students in 2009 OSI Community Fellow Patrice Hutton‘s Writers in Schools Summer Studio program. Earlier this summer, 36 students in the program interviewed local people to write profiles for this special issue of City Paper, then spent a week at […]
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WJZ highlights OSI Fellow’s efforts on behalf of Harvey victims
Wednesday, September 06, 2017Through her work as program director of Baltimore’s ShareBaby Baby Pantry, 2016 OSI Community Fellow Eliseba Osore has spearheaded efforts to collect diapers and other needed items to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. As WJZ reported this week, ShareBaby partnered with Wee Chic Baby Boutique in Lutherville, which also donated 10 percent of its […]
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Introducing: OSI-Baltimore’s 2016 Impact Report
Tuesday, September 05, 2017Open Society Institute-Baltimore is proud to share its 2016 Impact Report. The new report aims to tell the stories behind some of OSI-Baltimore’s work, including an update on our first Community Fellow, Lauren Abramson, founder of Community Conferencing Center (the cover features Bernard Williams, who worked with Community Conferencing to meet the man who killed […]
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Baltimore remembers and pledges to fight on Overdose Awareness Day
Friday, September 01, 2017Yesterday, August 31st, OSI-Baltimore joined the Baltimore City Health Department and other local organizations and residents in marking International Overdose Awareness Day. Over the course of the day, more than 670 Baltimore residents learned how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose In the morning, OSI staff joined the Health Department and Behavioral Health […]
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Former OSI staffer to head Fellow-founded Youth Empowered Society
Friday, September 01, 2017This week, the Youth Empowered Society, (YES Drop-In Center), an organization started by 2011 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Lara Law, announced M. Blair Franklin would be taking over Law’s position as Executive Director on September 18. Franklin is a former Program Assistant with OSI’s Community Fellowships & Initiatives. The YES Drop-In Center was designed to be […]
