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This week, OSI Director, Danielle Torain, along with OSI Baltimore Advisory Board member Nupur Parekh Flynn and 2019 Community fellow Janet Glover-Kerkvliet (click here for information on her program, Baltimore Job Hunters Support Group), and 2017 Community Fellow Shantell Roberts (click here to learn more about her program, Touching Young Lives) were all honored as part […]

Last week, Hurdle, which provides culturally relevant therapy services, announced a partnership with Young Kings’ Leadership Academy (YKLA) with an interview with co-founder Ciera Daniel, a 2018 OSI Community Fellow. YKLA supports Black male middle school students in Baltimore City by providing academic interventions and unique learning experiences. Like many organizations, YKLA began developing programs […]

The Washington Post Magazine recently published an expansive essay by local Baltimore writer Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson on the discoveries she made while being a tourist in her own city. Included in her tour were stops at the Baltimore Compost Collective, managed by 2019 OSI Community Fellow, Marvin Hayes and the Fells Point neighborhood, where she […]

On March 18, Baltimore Community Lending will honor 2001 OSI Community Fellow Wanda Best as Baltimore City “Community Leader of the Year” during a virtual event, “Re-Imagining Baltimore.” Best is Executive Director of the Upton Planning Committee, which is responsible for the Historic Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street and the Black Arts and Entertainment District (led […]

This week, 2019 OSI Community Fellow Damien Haussling was featured on WBAL talking about Baltimore Furniture Bank, the organization he founded which helps connect those who are coming out of homelessness, or are struggling with other barriers like illness, dealing with domestic violence and the like with home goods and furnishings. Currently, the organization is […]

OSI Advisory Board Chair Jamar Brown was recently honored by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) as “Practitioner of the Year.” Brown is partner at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg. The virtual ceremony took place on February 25 and honored BLSA students and community members, focusing on the […]

After finding out that some of their founders’ had ties to slavery, Bolton Hill’s Memorial Episcopal Church pledged $500,000 in reparations to Black-led justice-seeking organizations in Baltimore over the next five years. Among the recipients were projects started by OSI Community Fellows, including Black Women Build Baltimore, founded by 2018 OSI Community Fellow Shelley Halstead, […]

This week, CLIA, (Community Law in Action) a nonprofit organization that aims to help young people become effective problem solvers, critical thinkers and advocates for positive change, announced it has merged with The Intersection, an organization dedicated to training students in leadership and organizing. The combined entity will operate under the CLIA name, and efforts […]

Last week, OSI-Baltimore and The Enoch Pratt Free Library presented a joint Writer’s LIVE/Talking About Race event with OSI alumni Fellow, Dr. Lawrence T. Brown, author of The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America. Dr. Brown spoke with Dr. Jean Accius, Senior Vice President of AARP’s Global Thought Leadership.  You […]

This week, the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute announced its 2021 cohort of Bunting Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, which includes Atiya Wells, a 2020 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow and Lamontre Randall, a member of the B’More Invested Grant Advisory Team. Wells runs The Baltimore Living in Sustainable Simplicity (BLISS) Meadows project, a nature center and educational space […]