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This week, the Civilian Oversight Task Force—the all-volunteer panel tasked with reviewing civilian oversight of the Baltimore Police Department as part of the city’s Consent Decree with the Department of Justice—approved a set of principals that include a “vastly expanded role for community members in an array of police matters, including the handling of officer […]

Last night, the Enoch Pratt Free Library and OSI-Baltimore co-sponsored an event with author Peter Edelman and professor Lester Spence at North Baltimore’s Church of the Redeemer as part of OSI’s Talking About Race series and the Pratt’s Writer’s LIVE series. Edelman discussed his new book, Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty […]

Today, the Baltimore Sun wrote about a recent collaboration between OSI and the Baltimore City Health Department to develop a real-time tool to monitor how many drug treatment slots are available in the city at any moment. The hope is to streamline the process connecting those who seek treatment for substance use disorders to open beds in […]

Open Society Institute-Baltimore is proud to announce that our Drug Addiction Treatment program will be identified as the Addiction and Health Equity program going forward. In the 20 years since OSI created the Drug Addiction Treatment program, the healthcare landscape around drug use and addiction has shifted in important ways, leading us to take a […]

On Saturday, April 21, The Featherstone Foundation, started by 2013 OSI Community Fellow, Lanaea Featherstone, and Cristo Rey will host “Mi Dinero, Mi Destino,” a free, financial education conference which will include topics such as budgeting and financial goal-setting, how to purchase a first home, and understanding interest rates and credit. A continental breakfast, lunch, […]