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Gather Baltimore
Thursday, February 20, 2014Every year in the United States, some 68 billion pounds of food goes to waste. Here in Maryland, urban farmer and 2012 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Arthur Morgan has devised a way to salvage some of our region’s contribution to that waste—and get healthful foods in the hands of those who need it.
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Scientists in the Making
Monday, December 16, 2013Akil Rahim believes that three-year-olds are all scientists in the making. His project, The George Washington Carver DISCO STEAM Inventurers, helps low-income parents develop and nurture in their preschool-aged children a lifelong interest in science, technology, engineering, art and math.
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Filbert Street Garden
Tuesday, October 15, 2013Working in a twice-forgotten piece of land called the Filbert Street Garden and with neighborhood schools, Jason Reed and willing gardeners transformed the lot while educating students and residents and bringing the community together.
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More Than Just Soccer
Tuesday, September 17, 2013Soccer Without Borders is more than just a tutoring, mentoring, cultural-awareness and youth development program that uses organized soccer to help refugees adjust to life in Baltimore, do well in and out of school, and stay physically and emotionally fit. It is a haven and community-builder for a disparate group of boys and their families.
Open Society Institute – Baltimore
Open Society Institute (OSI) – Baltimore : Audacious Thinking For Lasting Change
