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Sherrilyn Ifill and Gwen Ifill at OSI-Baltimore’s Talking About Race event in 2009.   OSI-Baltimore is deeply saddened by the passing of Gwen Ifill, the Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and a pioneer of political journalism. Ifill started her career as a reporter with the Baltimore Evening Sun from 1981 to 1984, and worked for the Washington […]

After years of declines, school suspensions increased 25 percent during the 2015-16 school year, the Sun reported this weekend. Karen Webber, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Education and Youth Development program is quoted throughout the piece, talking about OSI’s role in reducing suspensions over the last 12 years and expressing her concerns about a backslide. “We had […]

Mayor-elect Catherine Pugh participates in OSI-Baltimore’ Stoop Storytelling Mayoral Show Thanking the citizens of Baltimore after her election on Tuesday, Mayor-elect Catherine Pugh outlined the priorities for her new administration, announced her transition team, and launched a new website. Pugh says she will focus on healthy neighborhoods, public safety, education and youth development, transportation, and jobs […]

OSI-Baltimore grantee Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) continues to generate national attention. In late September the organization and its afterschool program, Holistic Me, was featured in articles on websites like Upworthy, Vibe, and Woman’s Day, to name a few. Just this week, CBS This Morning ran a piece about the program in Robert W. Coleman Elementary […]

Left to Right: Darius Graham, Social Innovation Lab (SIL); Pamela King, OSI-Baltimore; Pres Adams, Impact Hub; Laurin Hodge, Mission Launch; Rodney Foxworth, Invested Impact, IMpact Hub, & SIL Advisory Board   OSI-Baltimore Community Fellowships director Pamela King recently participated in a panel hosted by Social Innovation Lab (SIL) at the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) gathering […]

Tara Huffman, OSI-Baltimore’s director of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice program participated in a one-day workshop presented by the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) and co-hosted by OSI and the Baltimore Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement Civilian Review Board (CRB). “Pathways to Strengthening Civilian Oversight of the Baltimore City […]

Yesterday, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh declared that the cash bail system in the state is “likely unconstitutional” in an advice letter sent to several Maryland delegates. The Attorney General’s findings were announced in both the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post. In the letter, Frosh maintained that a defendant may still be held in jail […]

Left to right: Karen Webber, Taylor Branch, Edward Fergus and Marc Steiner.   Karen E. Webber, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Education and Youth Development program was a featured presenter at the Alliance for Community Teachers and Schools (ACTS) event, “Racial Justice in Urban Education: Celebrating 5 Years of Transformational Practice in Urban Schools.” Webber was joined […]

Baltimore Sun reporter Quinn Kelley recently interviewed OSI Director Diana Morris for episode 14 of “Female Trouble,” her podcast that spotlights women in Baltimore. The conversation was wide-ranging, including her own personal journey into social justice work, the real meaning of the phrase “open society,” and the struggle to have an impact of some of Baltimore’s most entrenched […]