OSI-Baltimore is deeply saddened by the passing of Clinton Bamberger, emeritus professor of the University of Maryland School of Law, OSI-Baltimore founding board member and emeritus trustee. As the Baltimore Sun wrote in its obituary for Bamburger: In recent years, Mr. Bamberger became the first board member named to the Open Society Institute-Baltimore, an organization […]
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UB Law Dean Pens Op-Ed in Support of Maryland Bail Reform
Saturday, February 11, 2017This week, Ronald Weich, the dean of University of Baltimore’s Law School, published an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun, “More work to be done on Md. bail reform,” in which he discussed the injustices of Maryland’s pretrial justice system which disproportionately keeps poor and minority citizens behind bars for minor crimes they have not yet […]
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OSI’s Scott Nolen selected for Presidential Leadership Scholars Program
Friday, February 10, 2017OSI-Baltimore congratulates Scott Nolen, director of our Drug Addiction Treatment Program, for being one of 60 people selected for the third cohort of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program. This is a national leadership development program—16 days over the course of six months—that is hosted by four Presidential Centers, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Center in […]
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OSI Fellow Melissa Badeker’s Project, Teacher Supply Swap, in Baltimore Fishbowl
Friday, February 10, 2017Read about the Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap, a project co-founded by OSI-Baltimore 2016 Community Fellow, Melissa Badeker, in a post this week in the Baltimore Fishbowl. The swap is a way for educators to both donate any unused supplies they’ve collected and shop for classroom materials at no cost. Badeker was inspired to start the […]
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Dr. Leana Wen talks about the opioid crisis during NPR’s “On Point”
Thursday, February 09, 2017Listen to Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook, discuss the opioid crisis with Dr. Andrew Kolondy, co-director of opioid policy research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and others (discussion begins near the 12:56 mark, with Dr. Wen’s interview starts around […]
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OSI Fellow’s project leads to settlement with MTA Mobility
Tuesday, February 07, 20172013 OSI-Baltimore Fellow Kate Anderson made the news recently for her work with Disability Rights Maryland (DRM). In 2015, DRM, AARP Foundation Litigation (AFL), and Consumers for Accessible Ride Services (CARS) filed a class action lawsuit against MTA Mobility, a paratransit system, regarding violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This week, a federal court approved […]
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Baltimore launches arrest diversion program with OSI support
Monday, February 06, 2017OSI-Baltimore director Diana Morris joined Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, and other leaders at police headquarters today for a press conference to announce the launch of the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. (Watch the full press conference here.) LEAD aims to reduce the number of people […]
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UB Law Professor Discusses Bail Reform on WYPR’s Midday
Friday, February 03, 2017Listen to University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law professor Doug Colbert and WYPR Statehouse reporter Rachel Baye discuss prospects for bail reform in Maryland with Tom Hall on WYPR’s Midday (discussion begins about 15:30 mark). In a survey prepared by the Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI), with funding from OSI-Baltimore, 70 percent of […]
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WBAL Features 2009 Community Fellow Sarah Hemminger’s Project Thread
Monday, January 30, 2017Check out WBAL’s profile of Thread, a non-profit that provides underperforming high school students with a family of volunteers that help with academic advancement and personal growth. In 2004, Sarah Hemminger started the Incentive Mentoring Program; as a 2009 Community Fellow, Hemminger was able to expand the program that eventually became Thread. Each student in […]
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Common Cause Details Bail Bonds Industry’s Lobbying Efforts in Maryland
Wednesday, January 25, 2017A new report by Common Cause finds that the bail bonds industry has donated almost $300,000 to Maryland state officials since 2011 – $87,000 in 2016 alone – ranking third behind only California and Florida. Read the full report, “Pay to Play,” here. Read the Washington Post story on the report here. Maryland’s General Assembly is under […]
