Last night about 150 community members gathered at the University of Baltimore’s Learning Commons for Open Society and Baltimore Ceasefire’s Talking About Race event, Mothers of the Movement Speak. Open Society Director Diana Morris opened the program, talking about OSI’s work on police accountability and the need for deep, systemic reform of the Baltimore Police […]
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OSI Fellows help Cherry Hill celebrate 100 days violence-free
Tuesday, May 08, 2018On Friday, May 11, the newly-relaunched BMA Outpost will co-host “100 Plus,” an event with the Cherry Hill Town Center to celebrate the community which has gone more than 100 days without a shooting. The event will recognize the many groups and individuals who have contributed to the reduction of violence in the neighborhood. The […]
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WYPR interviews OSI about Fellows program and community-based change
Thursday, May 03, 2018Yesterday’s edition of WYPR’s show Life in the Balance featured Open Society Institute’s Pamela King, who has directed the Community Fellows program since it began 20 years ago, and Evan Serpick, OSI’s director of strategic communications. Listen to the full program here. Host Aaron Henkin asked King and Serpick about OSI’s work generally and, in […]
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OSI helps city hospitals combat opioid epidemic
Wednesday, May 02, 2018Earlier this week, the Baltimore Sun reported on Baltimore hospitals’ stepped-up efforts to fight the opioid epidemic, including screening patients for addiction, connecting them to rehabilitation services, and distributing overdose reversal drug Naloxone. Two of the hospitals mentioned, Bon Secours and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, are part of an OSI-supported program to develop models for emergency […]
