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On Thursday, Kendra Marsh, Chair of the Youth Committee of the Peoples’ Commission to Decriminalize Maryland testified at a meeting of the House of Delegates’ Workgroup to Address Police Reform and Accountability in Maryland, chaired by Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary. “I believe this is a moment in which we can tear down the power of police […]

On Wednesday, August 12, Karen Webber, director of OSI’s Education and Youth Development program, and Wes Moore, author and CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, join Councilman Zeke Cohen’s “Truth and Healing” conversation series, hosted by and Healing City Baltimore. This topic for this, the seventh episode in the series, is “Investing in Change: The […]

OSI-Baltimore board member Alicia Wilson is featured on the latest episode of Center Maryland’s podcast, The Conference Call with Damian O’Doherty, talking about her experiences as a community advocate, the lifelong influence of her mentor, and her work as the “connective tissue” between the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Wilson, the Vice […]

Yesterday, the People’s Commission to Decriminalize Maryland held its first statewide public meeting, bringing together advocates and community members from around the state to discuss strategies to achieve the Commission’s mission, “to reduce the disparate impact of the justice system on youth and adults who have been historically targeted and marginalized by local and state […]

Yesterday, Maryland Daily Record named OSI’s Director of Community Fellowships Pamela King one of Maryland’s “Top 100 Women” in a virtual ceremony. The honorees were initially announced in March. The latest print edition of the Daily Record includes a brief interview with King, below. King founded the OSI Community Fellowships program more that 20 years […]

Today is the last day of Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance’s (BNIA) Data Week. OSI was proud to participate in two sessions, which were recorded and are available to watch, along with all of the other sessions on BNIA’s YouTube page. This morning, OSI Director Danielle Torain participated in a discussion on “Using Data to Support […]

This week, the People’s Commission to Decriminalized Maryland held a virtual press conference to introduce the commission and its mission: To advocate for specific changes to Maryland’s criminal codes to stop the criminal justice system from targeting marginalized communities. You can watch the full presentation below. As Tara Huffman, Director of OSI’s Criminal and Juvenile […]

OSI-Baltimore sadly notes the passing of Avis Ransom, a 2002 Community Fellow, whose program, Income and Equality for All, sought to engage low wage and unemployed citizens in the process of creating and implementing innovative workforce solutions including worker cooperatives to increase their economic stability. An anti-racism consultant and workshop facilitator for Baltimore Racial Justice […]