Over the last three months, WYPR’s On the Record has interviewed each of OSI-Baltimore ten 2016 Community Fellows about their projects. The interviews are collected here. Melissa Badeker (aired Nov. 17) will expand the efforts of the Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap to equip and assist teachers and families with re-purposed supplies essential to student learning. Badeker will also […]
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Solutions Summit Co-Chairs Urge City to Move on Action Plan
Thursday, January 19, 2017In an op-ed in yesterday’s Baltimore Sun, “‘Solutions Summit’ action plan represents will of Baltimore residents,” the co-chairs of OSI’s Solutions Summit encouraged the city’s leaders and residents to work together to advance the 16-point action plan that emerged from the Summit. While this action plan doesn’t touch on all of the city’s issues and […]
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A Call for Applicants: 2018 Baltimore Community Fellowships
Tuesday, January 17, 2017Complete the online application, or download the application. Deadline: Monday, March 5, 2018 at 5:00pm Applications are now available for OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellowships Program, established in 1998 to assist individuals wishing to apply their education, life experiences, and professional experiences to serve marginalized communities. Now a corps of more than 190 individuals, Baltimore Community Fellows have established […]
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OSI’s Tara Huffman talks to Marc Steiner about Consent Decree
Tuesday, January 17, 2017Yesterday, Tara Huffman, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, joined Michael A. Wood, Jr., retired Baltimore police officer and USMC veteran, and Ralikh Hayes, organizer with Baltimore Bloc on the Marc Steiner show for a discussion on the consent decree between the city and the Department of Justice announced last week. Huffman stressed […]
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OSI’s Tara Huffman Talks to WYPR About Consent Decree
Friday, January 13, 2017This morning, Tara Huffman, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, joined WYPR’s “On the Record” with Sheilah Kast to talk about the consent decree between the city and the Department of Justice announced yesterday. Listen to the segment here. Read OSI-Baltimore’s statement about the consent decree here.
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Wall Street Journal Profiles Baltimore’s LEAD Program
Thursday, January 12, 2017The Wall Street Journal today profiled Baltimore’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, which seeks to divert low-level drug offenders to treatment and other support services and away from arrest. OSI-Baltimore is the primary funder of the program, working in collaboration with the Baltimore Police Department, the State’s Attorney’s Office, and Behavioral Health System Baltimore, as announced in […]
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WYPR Profiles OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow LaMarr Darnell Shields
Thursday, January 12, 2017WYPR’s program On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, wrapped up its ongoing series profiling the 2016 cohort of OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellows by speaking with LaMarr Darnell Shields about his project, The Teacher Exchange. In a reversal of the traditional teacher-student relationship, The Teacher Exchange aims to engage young people in their own education by […]
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OSI-Baltimore Statement on the Consent Decree
Thursday, January 12, 2017MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Evan Serpick 410-234-1091 The Open Society Institute-Baltimore welcomes this morning’s announcement that the City and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached agreement on a consent decree requiring reforms of the Baltimore Police Department. “The signing of this consent decree is a critical step in the process of transforming the culture and […]
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City, Department of Justice announce consent decree on police reform
Thursday, January 12, 2017Five months after the Department of Justice released a report stating that “there is reasonable cause to believe that [Baltimore Police Department] engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Constitution or federal law,” the city and the Department of Justice this morning announced a legally binding consent decree requiring reforms of […]
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WYPR Profiles OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Eliseba Osore
Monday, January 09, 2017WYPR’s program On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, continues its ongoing series profiling the 2016 cohort of OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellows by featuring Eliseba Osore and her project, the ShareBaby Baby Pantry. The pantry provides diapers, clothing, and other basic goods to organizations that work with families in need such as House of Ruth, Sarah’s […]
