As you may have noticed, our home page has a new section called the Baltimore Justice Report. Since the death of the Freddie Gray and the uprising that followed, OSI-Baltimore has worked to support the blooming local movement that, in connection with the broader Black Lives Matter movement, is looking for ways to address long-ignored […]
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Gov. Hogan cites Bard Early College High School in Sun op-ed about plans for Baltimore City
Friday, September 18, 2015Governor Larry Hogan has an op-ed in the Sun today, “The economic engine of Maryland,” in which he lays out his plans for Baltimore City, perhaps responding to criticism, fueled by his canceling the Red Line and cutting city education funding, that he isn’t concerned about Baltimore. “Over the next several months, my administration will announce […]
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The Sun’s Justin George on the underpinnings of crime
Friday, September 18, 2015Baltimore Sun crime reporter Justin George is interviewed in this Q and A from the Trace. George recognizes that the issues of crime and gun violence are intertwined with poverty and inequality in the city. These problems are systemic and complex—even if we stemmed the tide of guns, he says, “entire blocks are vacant, and […]
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Baltimore police equipped with life-saving Naloxone thanks to OSI grant
Tuesday, September 01, 2015Pilot program focuses on areas hardest hit by heroin addiction Media Advisory Evan Serpick, Open Society Institute 410.234.1091 This week, 500 Baltimore police officers will be equipped with the life-saving drug Naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses upon ingestion. The cost of the drug was covered by a Open Society Institute grant to Behavioral Health Systems of […]
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OSI-funded Bard School welcomes its first students
Monday, August 31, 2015Baltimore Sun education reporter Erica Green has a great story today about Bard High School Early College, a new Baltimore City public school that welcomes its first students this year. The school, which was established with the help of an OSI-Baltimore grant to the Fund for Educational Excellence, allows Baltimore City students to graduate in […]
