This week, WJZ profiled Food Rescue Baltimore, the project developed by 2017 OSI Community Fellow Matt Burke to help combat food insecurity in Baltimore by redistributing good, healthy food that would otherwise go to waste. As part of his project, Matt established nine food giveaway sites in and around Baltimore. “This food comes from various grocery […]
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Parkway Theatre holds free screening of “Beautiful Boy” to spark discussions around substance use
Monday, March 04, 2019As part of programming for Tuesday’s National Day of Action on Addiction, the Parkway Theatre held a special screening of the movie “Beautiful Boy,” which chronicles a young man’s struggle with substance use and how it affected those in his life. “It’s really important for treatment to be really accessible and for there not to […]
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OSI Community Fellow’s Teacher Supply Swap featured on WBFF
Tuesday, February 05, 2019This week, WBFF featured 2016 OSI Community Fellow Melissa Badeker and her project, Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap, an organization that collects unused school supplies from teachers and gets them into the hands of other instructors and educators who can use them. Badeker and co-founder Kathleen Williams started the swap in part because they had so many […]
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Daily Record names OSI board member Alicia Wilson an “Influential Marylander”
Monday, February 04, 2019This week, the Daily Record announced its Influential Marylanders list; among the honorees is OSI Advisory Board member Alicia Wilson. Wilson is Vice President of Community Affairs and a legal advisor at Sagamore Development Company. Wilson previously appeared on the Baltimore Business Journal’s “National Influencers: Rising Stars” list, and was named in the Journal’s annual […]
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OSI Community Fellow Amy Tenney featured in Immaculata Magazine
Monday, February 04, 2019Recently, 2017 OSI Community Fellow Amy Tenney was featured in Immaculata Magazine, the alumni publication for Immaculata University, Tenney’s alma mater. Tenney’s fellowship, Healing and Community Integration Through Music: Refugees and Other Vulnerable Immigrants Program was designed to provide music therapy for those who are adjusting to life in the United States. Tenney is […]
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OSI to co-sponsor training for lawyers representing asylum-seekers
Tuesday, January 29, 2019OSI-Baltimore is co-sponsoring a training event with Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland and others on Friday, March 8 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Representing Asylum-Seekers: Model Hearing Edition will include sessions focusing on how to represent children and families applying for asylum while in removal […]
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OSI Advisory Board member Alicia Wilson featured in Forbes
Tuesday, January 29, 2019This week, Forbes featured OSI-Baltimore Advisory Board member Alicia Wilson, who is the senior vice president of impact investments and senior legal counsel for Port Covington Impact Investments. The piece profiled not only Wilson’s work mentoring Baltimore City youth but also her position as a black, female attorney, and how that informs her desire to make […]
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OSI Fellow’s Baltimore Youth Arts to hold Studio Apprentice Program
Friday, January 18, 2019Baltimore Youth Arts (BYA), a program founded by 2016 OSI Community Fellow Gianna Rodriguez, is seeking applicants for its Studio Apprentice Program, now in its third year. The program is a creative entrepreneurship and job training program that provides artistic and professional opportunities to young people, ages 14-22, with a focus on those in contact with […]
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OSI’s Diana Morris and Tara Huffman pen police reform op-ed
Friday, January 11, 2019Today, The Baltimore Sun published an op-ed by OSI Director Diana Morris and Tara Huffman, director of OSI’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program, “Baltimore must prioritize police reform,” The key to reducing crime and protecting public safety, they write, lies in creating trust between residents and law enforcement, a roadmap for which can be found […]
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2016 Community Fellow’s ShareBaby featured in Baltimore Sun
Tuesday, January 08, 2019This week, the Baltimore Sun featured ShareBaby, an organization that provides diapers, clothing, and other basic goods to organizations that work with families in need such as House of Ruth, Sarah’s Hope and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)Baby Pantry. 2016 OSI Community Fellow Eliseba Osore is ShareBaby’s program manager. As part of her fellowship, she worked to […]
