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The October issue of Baltimore Magazine feature two programs founded by OSI-Baltimore Fellows: The profile of The Book Thing of Baltimore, founded by 2000 OSI Fellow Russell Wattenberg (above left), highlights the plans of new executive director Bonnie Hoppa. The profile of Next One Up, founded by 2013 Fellow Matt Hanna (above right), marks the organization’s […]

2018 OSI Community Fellow, Graham Coreil-Allen has been working with residents in the Druid Hill and Reservoir Hill neighborhoods to organize Arches & Access,a temporary light art project and community parade celebrating the connections between surrounding communities and Druid Hill Park. The event will take place on Sunday, November 3, 5:30-9pm. As part of his […]

OSI-Baltimore, along with Disability Rights Maryland and Behavioral Health System Baltimore will host a two-day community conversation, “Decriminalizing Disability: The Case for Crisis Response Services,” on November 21st and 22nd at Coppin State University. Participants will be able to learn about, prioritize and identify next steps to implement strategies to decriminalize disability and increase capacity […]

On November 1, Black Yield Institute, founded by 2017 OSI Community Fellow Eric Jackson, will celebrate four years serving the Cherry Hill community with “Black Excellence: Remembering the Past, Shaping the Future,” featuring live music and an art showcase.  More information here.  As part of his Fellowship, Jackson, organized a community-controlled cooperative food venture in […]

All this week, the Baltimore Beat is featuring work from Writers in Baltimore Schools (WBS), a program founded by 2008 OSI Community Fellow, Patrice Hutton. Hutton kicks off the series with her lovely and personal reflections on writer/Johns Hopkins professor/mentor Richard Macksey, who was, according to Hutton, the inspiration for WBS. Hutton started WBS as […]

AJ+, an online news channel run by Al Jazeera Media network, recently featured the Project Connections at Re-Entry (PCARE) mobile treatment van, which the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute operates with support from Open Society Institute-Baltimore. The van parks regularly outside the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake center in order to help those with substance use […]

Last week, Runner’s World magazine published a profile 2016 OSI Community Fellow Isa Olufemi and the two running groups he founded, the Poet Pride Run Club (PPRC), which he launched as part of his Fellowship, and Black Running Organization (BRO). PPRC, which Olufemi established at Laurence Dunbar High School, combines physical fitness, school pride, personal […]

On Saturday, September 28, Johns Hopkins University’s Social Innovation Lab, in partnership with Open Society Institute, Baltimore Corps, and Impact Hub will host the Baltimore Impact Bootcamp 2019, a full day of collaboration for those who want to launch their own social venture. The bootcamp will include sessions on Networking and Collaboration, Community Building, and […]

This week WYPR’s Midday in the Neighborhood, a program that is designed get perspectives from those who live in all 278 unique neighborhoods in Baltimore, featured two OSI-Community fellows talking about their work in the city’s West side. Wanda Best, a 2001 Community Fellow who is currently the Executive Director of the Upton Planning Committee […]