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Community Law in Action, a nonprofit organization that aims to help young people become effective problem solvers, critical thinkers and advocates for positive change recently named Ryan Turner as its new executive director. The organization is a current OSI-Baltimore grantee and it was founded in 1998 by Terry Hickey, one of the first OSI-Baltimore Community […]

This week, Forbes Magazine features a profile on Eddie C. Brown, CEO and founder of Brown Capital Management and OSI-Baltimore Advisory Board member. The Oracle of Apopka chronicles Brown’s beginnings in a small town in Florida to his rise as T. Rowe Price’s first African American portfolio manager in 1973, to the successful launch of […]

Veronica Cool, CEO of Cool & Associates LLC., and longtime OSI-Baltimore Advisory Board member, has been recognized by DC-based Hispanic newspaper El Tiempo Latino’ Powermeter 100, “a testimony to the influence that these 100 powerful individuals have had in the Hispanic community and the community at large.” The distinction is shared with individuals like Supreme […]

This Friday, Baltimore Under Ground Science Space (BUGSS) will host 2018 OSI Community Fellow Eric Fishel for “Urban Ecology for Community Engagement.” Fishel will talk about his fellowship, Baltimore Foodparks, which is a project that aims to improve vacant lots in Southeast Baltimore, conduct scientific research, and help conserve Baltimore’s greenspace and wildlife all while […]

Earlier this week, 40 volunteers from YMCA and Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore lent a hand in cleaning out the future building of the SAFE Workforce Development Center. The SAFE Alternative Foundation for Education, Inc, was founded by 2014 OSI Community Fellow, Van Brooks, to help young people from the Franklin Square neighborhood where […]

Baltimore Dance Crews Project (BDCP), an organization co-founded by 2015 OSI Community Fellow, Brian Gerardo, debuted its 2019 video this week. Watch it here. BDCP, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, was started by Gerardo, a dancer and former teacher, and Cynthia Chavez as a way to strengthen relationships with students in Baltimore City, giving […]

Recently, 2017 OSI Community Fellow Shantell Roberts was named by Governor Hogan to serve on the State Child Fatality Review Team. The purpose of the CFR team is to prevent child deaths by understanding the causes and incidence of child deaths; Implementing changes within the agencies represented on the State CFR Team to prevent child deaths; […]

On Thursday, May 30 and Thursday, June 27, OSI-supported Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition and BRIDGES Coalition will be holding luncheon events, “Places of Worship, Social Justice, and Harm Reduction.”  During these events, the organizers will engage in strategic discussions on social justice and harm reduction efforts to end the overdose epidemic and War on Drugs. […]

This Saturday, May 11, the Baltimore Dance Crews Project (BDCP), an organization co-founded by 2015 OSI Community Fellow, Brian Gerardo, will hold a 10th Anniversary I Can B’more Concert at Notre Dame of Maryland University. Gerardo, a dancer and former teacher, and Cynthia Chavez started BDCP as a way to strengthen relationships with students in […]