OSI-Baltimore is very pleased to share a new report, “Using Buprenorphine to Treat Opioid Addiction.” The report describes OSI’s approach and experiences in introducing and establishing buprenorphine as a new treatment modality to address the public health crisis of addiction. As part of this effort, begun in 2006, OSI and its partners succeeded in making buprenorphine […]
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Talking About Race: Black Politics and Neoliberalism
Tuesday, May 24, 2016June 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., at Turpin-Lamb Theatre at Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center (directions and parking info) In his recent book, “Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics,” Johns Hopkins University political science professor Lester Spence charts the negative effects of the capitalist “hustle harder” mentality on African-American […]
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OSI-Baltimore Statement on the Acquittal of Officer Edward Nero
Monday, May 23, 2016As people who live in and love Baltimore wrestle with the outcome of the second trial in the death of Freddie Gray, many may question whether the door is closing on our collective opportunity to advance justice in Baltimore. The answer is a resounding no. It’s important to demand that each officer answer for his […]
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Next in Our Talking About Addiction Series: Youth, Addiction, and Juvenile Justice
Friday, May 06, 2016On June 1 at Red Emma’s, OSI-Baltimore will host the second event in its “Talking About Addiction” series, a discussion about adolescents and addiction with experts in the field, advocates, and families that have been affected by addiction problems. Much of the public, along with advocates, healthcare providers, and even many in law enforcement, have come […]
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Talking About Progress, One Year Later
Monday, April 25, 2016On Thursday night, OSI-Baltimore, Good News Baltimore, and the Walters Art Museum co-sponsored an event at the Walters to mark the one-year anniversary of the uprising and to talk about how we define progress going forward. The event, part of OSI’s Talking About Race series, featured a great panel including Joseph Jones, director of the Center for Urban […]
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Listen to OSI and Stoop Storytelling’s Stoop Mayoral Show
Thursday, April 14, 2016Last night, OSI-Baltimore and Stoop Storytelling presented the Stoop Mayoral Show, giving the city’s mayoral candidates a chance to tell stories about their first jobs. So if you ever wanted to hear Elizabeth Embry talk about being a fry cook or Catherine Pugh recall her time as a stock girl, here’s your chance… It was at […]
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Conferences Address the Need to Build Equity in our Schools
Wednesday, April 13, 2016Pictured: U.S. Department of Education General Counsel James Cole, Jr. addresses the Urban Child Symposium at the University of Baltimore School of Law. By Karen Webber There was a flurry of informative education conferences in the area this month and I was honored to be a speaker on two of the three conferences I attended […]
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OSI Fellow Brings Monument Quilt, Healing to Baltimore
Tuesday, April 12, 2016Traffic was stopped along two blocks of North Avenue Sunday afternoon to make room for the Monument Quilt, a crowd-sourced display of 1,000 8′ x 8′ squares of red fabric bearing stories and messages of empowerment from rape and sexual assault survivors and their allies. The event, called “Not Alone Baltimore,” was organized by Baltimore-based activist […]
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School psychologists to hold benefit for OSI-Baltimore
Sunday, April 10, 2016The Baltimore City Association of School Psychologists will hold a benefit at Langermann’s on April 25 to support OSI-Baltimore’s Education and Youth Development (EYD) program. EYD director Karen Webber will speak at the event. The menu for the evening includes a broad range of the Canton restaurant’s Southern-inspired cuisine, including some kosher-for-Passover items, since the event […]
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OSI’s board members, grantees, fellows shine at Light City
Monday, April 04, 2016OSI-Baltimore was proud to be connected to several of the people that made the urban extravaganza of Light City, which attracted about 400,000 people last week, possible, especially OSI-Baltimore advisory board member Jamie McDonald (pictured), Light City’s volunteer chair. McDonald, who was recently named as one of Baltimore magazine’s “activists to watch,” sees the festival as an opportunity […]
