OSI-Baltimore congratulates Scott Nolen, director of our Drug Addiction Treatment Program, for being one of 60 people selected for the third cohort of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program. This is a national leadership development program—16 days over the course of six months—that is hosted by four Presidential Centers, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Center in […]
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OSI Fellow Melissa Badeker’s Project, Teacher Supply Swap, in Baltimore Fishbowl
Friday, February 10, 2017Read about the Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap, a project co-founded by OSI-Baltimore 2016 Community Fellow, Melissa Badeker, in a post this week in the Baltimore Fishbowl. The swap is a way for educators to both donate any unused supplies they’ve collected and shop for classroom materials at no cost. Badeker was inspired to start the […]
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Dr. Leana Wen talks about the opioid crisis during NPR’s “On Point”
Thursday, February 09, 2017Listen to Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook, discuss the opioid crisis with Dr. Andrew Kolondy, co-director of opioid policy research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and others (discussion begins near the 12:56 mark, with Dr. Wen’s interview starts around […]
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OSI Fellow’s project leads to settlement with MTA Mobility
Tuesday, February 07, 20172013 OSI-Baltimore Fellow Kate Anderson made the news recently for her work with Disability Rights Maryland (DRM). In 2015, DRM, AARP Foundation Litigation (AFL), and Consumers for Accessible Ride Services (CARS) filed a class action lawsuit against MTA Mobility, a paratransit system, regarding violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This week, a federal court approved […]
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Baltimore launches arrest diversion program with OSI support
Monday, February 06, 2017OSI-Baltimore director Diana Morris joined Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, and other leaders at police headquarters today for a press conference to announce the launch of the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. (Watch the full press conference here.) LEAD aims to reduce the number of people […]
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UB Law Professor Discusses Bail Reform on WYPR’s Midday
Friday, February 03, 2017Listen to University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law professor Doug Colbert and WYPR Statehouse reporter Rachel Baye discuss prospects for bail reform in Maryland with Tom Hall on WYPR’s Midday (discussion begins about 15:30 mark). In a survey prepared by the Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI), with funding from OSI-Baltimore, 70 percent of […]
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WBAL Features 2009 Community Fellow Sarah Hemminger’s Project Thread
Monday, January 30, 2017Check out WBAL’s profile of Thread, a non-profit that provides underperforming high school students with a family of volunteers that help with academic advancement and personal growth. In 2004, Sarah Hemminger started the Incentive Mentoring Program; as a 2009 Community Fellow, Hemminger was able to expand the program that eventually became Thread. Each student in […]
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WYPR’s On the Record Profiles 2016 OSI Community Fellows
Thursday, January 19, 2017Over the last three months, WYPR’s On the Record has interviewed each of OSI-Baltimore ten 2016 Community Fellows about their projects. The interviews are collected here. Melissa Badeker (aired Nov. 17) will expand the efforts of the Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap to equip and assist teachers and families with re-purposed supplies essential to student learning. Badeker will also […]
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A Call for Applicants: 2018 Baltimore Community Fellowships
Tuesday, January 17, 2017Complete the online application, or download the application. Deadline: Monday, March 5, 2018 at 5:00pm Applications are now available for OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellowships Program, established in 1998 to assist individuals wishing to apply their education, life experiences, and professional experiences to serve marginalized communities. Now a corps of more than 190 individuals, Baltimore Community Fellows have established […]
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OSI’s Tara Huffman talks to Marc Steiner about Consent Decree
Tuesday, January 17, 2017Yesterday, Tara Huffman, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, joined Michael A. Wood, Jr., retired Baltimore police officer and USMC veteran, and Ralikh Hayes, organizer with Baltimore Bloc on the Marc Steiner show for a discussion on the consent decree between the city and the Department of Justice announced last week. Huffman stressed […]
