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2017 OSI Community Fellow Shantell Roberts was recently named one of the United Way of Central Maryland’s “Philanthropic Five” award winners. The awards are given to “five young professional leaders who have created meaningful change in central Maryland through an extraordinary commitment to volunteerism in one or more of the following areas: education, housing, employment or […]

On Thursday, May 10th, from 7 to 9 p.m., Open Society Institute-Baltimore, in collaboration with Baltimore Ceasefire and the University of Baltimore College of Public Affairs, will host the next Talking About Race event, “Mothers of the Movement Speak,” a town hall discussion led by mothers who have lost children to police and gun violence, at the […]

Last week, the Baltimore Sun published a list of 10 “change-makers working to improve the Baltimore area with their courage, innovative thinking, and leadership.” Among those listed are Catalina Rodriguez-Lima, director of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant and Multicultural Affairs (MIMA). Rodriguez-Lima, a member of Open Society Institute’s Leadership Council, partnered with OSI to create the […]

On Tuesday, April 10th, Baltimore Dance Crews Project, the organization co-founded by 2015 OSI Community Fellow Brian Gerardo, held a family and community night at OpenWorks Baltimore to premiere their first dance video below. The video, set to Fleur East’s Sax, showcases the work of the dancers and offers a glimpse into the program’s mentorship program, which […]

On May 3rd, Open Society Institute hosts a special advance screening of “RBG,” the highly anticipated documentary about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This is the first event in a series celebrating OSI-Baltimore’s 20th Anniversary. Before the film, Justice Ginsburg will offer a video greeting congratulating OSI on our 20th Anniversary. Other events will […]

On Thursday, April 19th at Light City’s HealthLab, Scott Nolen, director of Open Society Institute’s Addiction and Health Equity program, will discuss innovations in opioid addiction in a talk entitled, “A Safer and Healthier Baltimore: The Role of Safe Consumption.” In addition, OSI and our grantee, Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition, will set up a “Safe […]

On Wednesday, Open Society Institute-Baltimore and the University of Baltimore co-hosted the 10th annual Urban Child Symposium on Restorative Practices and the Urban Child: Rethinking School Discipline (full video; agenda). At the Symposium, OSI and Baltimore City Schools officially released the Restorative Practices Report, which outlines the necessary steps to implement restorative practices in all city […]

On April 14th, Strong City Baltimore will host its 11th Annual Neighborhood Institute, an annual networking and skill-building event that provides training for community residents, neighborhood leaders, and community development professionals. This year, 2016 OSI Community Fellow, Debbie Ramsey will present a workshop titled “Community Policing with our Youth in Mind.” As part of her […]

This week, the Daily Record published an op-ed from Major Michael R. Merican, assistant sheriff of St. Mary’s County, on the benefits of comprehensive pretrial services programs. Major Merican cites “Steps in the Right Direction: Maryland Counties Leading the Way in Pretrial Services,” the report OSI’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program recently published which details […]