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2016 Open Society Institute Community Fellow JC Faulk hosted a conversation with Chelsea Manning, the activist and former Army intelligence analyst who served seven years in prison for leaking classified documents related to U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The facilitated conversation, part of Faulk’s An End to Ignorance-Circle of Voices series, focused on […]

The 2017 cohort of OSI Community Fellows gathered at the Jubilee Arts building in West Baltimore yesterday morning for their monthly gathering to learn more about each others’ projects and share ideas on issues and challenges that arise. At each of the monthly gatherings, all ten Fellows in the cohort offer and update and two […]

Last week, members of the Horticultural Society of Maryland (HSM) donated a pickup truck-load of plants and gardening tools and related items to the Cherry Hill Urban Garden (CHUG), led by OSI Community Fellow Eric Jackson, pictured here, right, with OSI Advisory Board member John Meyerhoff. OSI Leadership Council member Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff, chair of HSM’s Community […]

This week, 2016 OSI Community Fellow, Gianna Rodriguez was one of seven artists selected for the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance 2018 Rubys Artist Project Grants in media arts and performing arts. The cohort includes artists working with electronic music, immersive sound, dance, video art, short film, and a multimedia variety show. As part of her […]

Last night about 150 community members gathered at the University of Baltimore’s Learning Commons for Open Society and Baltimore Ceasefire’s Talking About Race event, Mothers of the Movement Speak. Open Society Director Diana Morris opened the program, talking about OSI’s work on police accountability and the need for deep, systemic reform of the Baltimore Police […]

On Friday, May 11, the newly-relaunched BMA Outpost will co-host “100 Plus,” an event with the Cherry Hill Town Center to celebrate the community which has gone more than 100 days without a shooting. The event will recognize the many groups and individuals who have contributed to the reduction of violence in the neighborhood. The […]

Yesterday’s edition of WYPR’s show Life in the Balance featured Open Society Institute’s Pamela King, who has directed the Community Fellows program since it began 20 years ago, and Evan Serpick, OSI’s director of strategic communications. Listen to the full program here. Host Aaron Henkin asked King and Serpick about OSI’s work generally and, in […]

Earlier this week, the Baltimore Sun reported on Baltimore hospitals’ stepped-up efforts to fight the opioid epidemic, including screening patients for addiction, connecting them to rehabilitation services, and distributing overdose reversal drug Naloxone. Two of the hospitals mentioned, Bon Secours and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, are part of an OSI-supported program to develop models for emergency […]

On May 9, OSI grantee, Public Justice Center, will co-host “Movies that Matter,” an evening of films by young filmmakers from Wide Angle Youth Media, an organization founded by 2001 OSI Community Fellow, Gin Ferrara, and also a current OSI grantee. The three films, Void; Violence in Baltimore: A Community in Chaos; and Why Black Lives […]

The 2016 cohort of OSI Community Fellows gathered at Nancy by SNAC in Station North last night to mark the end of their 18 month Fellowship and discuss their progress as they rotate into the Community Fellows Network. Each of the 10 Fellows briefly presented on their Fellowship and their plans moving forward, and then […]