• Money pours into Maryland groups and others assisting with abortions since Roe ruling

    Tuesday, June 28, 2022
    By Meredith Cohn The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade precedent has prompted donations large and small to aid those in Maryland and from out of state seeking abortions... Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott pledged $300,000 to help that cause immediately after the ruling was issued last week, with the money going [...]
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  • A Tour of Baltimore’s American Indian “Reservation”

    Friday, June 24, 2022
    —This story is written by 2008 OSI Community Fellow Ashley Minner. She is part of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and is a visual artist and assistant curator for History and Culture at the National Museum of the American Indian.— By Ashley Minner Just about 40 miles north of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of [...]
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  • Author David Miller returns to Africa to develop a new curriculum for students

    Friday, June 17, 2022
    —This article highlights David Miller who is a 1999 OSI Community Fellow— By David Lance, AFRO MDDC Intern Author David Miller knows a thing or two about reaching back into your past to inform the future. Right now he is once again back in Ghana, Africa- but this time, he’ll be coming back with something [...]
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  • The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Elected Jamar R. Brown to Board of Visitors

    Thursday, June 16, 2022
    —Jamar Brown is a member of the OSI Baltimore Advisory Board.— Jamar R. Brown has been elected to the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. The board is a collaborative forum and professional resource providing insight and support to the dean on a range of issues critical to the continued [...]
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  • After court battle, Marilyn Mosby releases list of 305 Baltimore police officers with credibility issues

    Wednesday, May 25, 2022
    — Note:  Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT) is a grantee of OSI Baltimore. — By Lee O. Sanderlin and Jessica Anderson A Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office list of more than 300 Baltimore police officers with credibility issues, many of whom continue to be called to testify in court, has been made public for the first time after [...]
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  • A Catalyst for Change

    Friday, May 20, 2022
    —Catalina Rodriguez-Lima is a member of the OSI Baltimore Advisory Board.— When Catalina Rodriguez Lima ’06 saw the need for an office of immigrant affairs in Baltimore, she did what she’s done her whole life: She acted. By Mike Unger Catalina Rodriguez Lima is sitting in Teavolve in Fells Point, sipping a warm mocha latte [...]
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  • A City Seeks to Undo a Legacy of Trauma

    Friday, May 06, 2022
    — Note: Healing City Baltimore is an OSI-supported initiative. — By Daniela Altimari A Baltimore law requires agencies that interact with children and families to receive training in trauma-informed care. It's changing how the city engages with residents, with a greater emphasis on healing rather than hardline policies. The Baltimore public library system used to take a hard line [...]
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  • As Baltimore opens enrollment for $1,000 monthly payments to young parents, applicants say the need is real

    Friday, May 06, 2022
    By Emily Opilo This week, Wright was one of the first applicants to Baltimore’s guaranteed income pilot program, which promises $1,000-a-month payments for two years to a group of the city’s young parents. Dubbed the Baltimore Young Families Success Fund, the program is open specifically to young parents, ages 18 to 24, who have income [...]
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  • Sharing Philanthropic Power With Grantees Is Messy and Challenging but Worth the Effort

    Thursday, May 05, 2022
    By Danielle Torain and Julia Baez An op-ed by OSI-Baltimore Director Danielle Torain and Baltimore’s Promise CEO Julia Baez about the B’More Invested initiative and the imperative of participatory and trust-based philanthropy to address historic and current inequities in funding Since George Floyd’s murder two years ago this month, and the national racial reckoning that [...]
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  • Introducing The Daily Record’s 2022 Power 30 Higher Education

    Friday, April 29, 2022
    2019 OSI Fellow Dinorah Olmos named to the Maryland Daily Record’s 2022 Power 30 Higher Education By Daily Record Staff Maryland has justly earned a reputation as home to some of the finest institutions of higher education in the nation. The men and women who make up our second annual Power 30 Higher Education List [...]
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