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The Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch 2021: Best in advocacy, business and health
Wednesday, October 20, 2021OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows Brittany Young (2018) and Brion Gill (2015) named among Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch By Baltimore Sun Staff Meet the Baltimore area’s leading voices in business, activism, research and more. Look for the 25 Women to Watch in a special magazine supplement in some editions of The Sun on Sunday, Oct. [...] -
Can Defund Work in Baltimore?
Monday, October 18, 2021Ray Kelly has made defunding the police his life’s mission. He knows it’s an uphill battle. By J. Brian Charles Ray Kelly worried that the sound system wasn’t going to work. If the speakers failed, he was less likely to draw people to the park to build support for Baltimore’s movement to defund the police—to [...] -
Restorative Practices Roundup: 5 Leaders, 5 Stories
Wednesday, October 06, 2021Gates Foundation Highlights OSI’s Karen Webber and Restorative Practices VOICES FROM THE #PRINCIPALPROJECT COMMUNITY by Baltimore City Public Schools Over the past several years, Baltimore City Public Schools has been working to transform schools and communities by fully implementing restorative practices (RP). As leader Karen Webber puts it, RP has been a primary tool in [...] -
‘Development without displacement’: How Parity seeks to preserve and grow homeownership in West Baltimore
Friday, October 01, 20212020 OSI Community Fellow Bree Jones featured in Baltimore Sun By Hallie Miller When Bree Jones was a financial analyst in New York City, her visits home to nearby New Rochelle, New York, distressed her. Neighborhoods were changing fast, displacing many who had lived there for decades, Jones said. Luxury apartment buildings were popping up [...] -
2002 OSI Community Fellow Avis Ransom honored by Baltimore Children and Youth Fund
Tuesday, September 21, 2021BCYF launches new pilot program for youth leadership development BCYF Inc. has launched a new pilot program for youth leadership development in Baltimore City. The program, The Avis Ransom Institute (ARI), will train young people to be effective leaders and representatives in their community in Baltimore civic life. The program will launch in October 2021 [...] -
OSI Community Fellows on WYPR
Tuesday, September 14, 2021This week, two OSI Baltimore Community Fellows, Janet Glover-Kerkvliet (2019) and Deborah Ramsey (2016) were featured on WYPR shows. First, Janet Glover-Kervliet is the founder of the Baltimore Job Hunters Support group, which offers support and free career counseling to Baltimore job seekers. She spoke to Sheilah Kast on On the Record about how the [...] -
How Graham Coreil-Allen Uses Public Art to Slow Down Cars
Wednesday, September 01, 2021By Ethan McLeod In Reservoir Hill, a prismatic display has erupted over the asphalt and sidewalks. Last spring, Graham Coreil-Allen gathered neighbors to help paint the intersection at Whitelock Street and Brookfield Avenue with a carefully placed rainbow of literal street art, bolstered by flex posts and fresh crosswalk lines that, together, urge approaching drivers [...] -
Local Control Advisory Board created to potentially return police department under City control
Thursday, August 26, 2021By Tre Ward-Team Reporter BALTIMORE —Baltimore is moving forward with steps to potentially place the police force back under the city's control. Six community members were sworn in this evening as part of the first-ever Local Control Advisory Board. Baltimore City has the only local government in Maryland that doesn't have control over its police [...] -
Hogan vetoed a bill decriminalizing drug paraphernalia – lawmakers should override him
Sunday, August 22, 2021By Rajani Gudlavalleti What this governor, who claims to be a champion against overdoses, shot down would protect Maryland drug users from harm and encourage them to seek life-saving treatment [OP-ED]. This past spring, a Baltimore resident was arrested and jailed in Anne Arundel County for attempting to bring items considered drug paraphernalia to a [...] -
Baltimore developer, STEM program leader named to national fellowship program
Tuesday, July 06, 2021By Alicia Diaz – Editorial Intern, Baltimore Business Journal The leaders of two Baltimore organizations have received three-year grants to help support their mission. Two Baltimore changemakers will be able to put themselves on payroll and bring on more staff thanks to a hefty grant from a national fellowship program. Brittany Young, founder of B-360, and [...]
Open Society Institute – Baltimore
Open Society Institute (OSI) – Baltimore : Audacious Thinking For Lasting Change
