• Progress of OSI-supported Unger Group profiled on CBS News

    CBS News recently ran a great piece on the “Ungers” a group of people convicted of crimes in Maryland who, because of incorrect – and unconstitutional – instructions judges gave juries, were denied due process. They were granted new trials and released, and as of this writing, none of the more than 159 released have […]

  • OSI partners with Pugh, Vera to provide representation for detained immigrants

    Today, Mayor Catherine Pugh announced that the city will provide financial support to provide legal representation for local immigrant facing deportation, as part of OSI-Baltimore’s Safe City Baltimore initiative. These funds will be matched by the Vera Institute of Justice, which today announced that it had partnered with Baltimore and 10 other cities to provide […]

  • OSI-Baltimore’s #GivingTuesday Campaign

    Our goal for #GivingTuesday (Nov. 28th) is to raise $60,000, enough to support one new Fellow committed to making permanent, positive changes for the people of Baltimore. An OSI–Baltimore Advisory Board member has agreed to match all #GivingTuesday donations dollar-for-dollar. Every dollar raised through this campaign will be worth two dollars to OSI–Baltimore.   For the 20 days leading up to #Giving […]

  • TONIGHT: Talking About Race and Sports

    Tonight at 7pm, as part of OSI-Baltimore’s Talking About Race series, we’ll host a free conversation about “Race, Identity, and Sports” at the University of Baltimore Law School’s Moot Court Room with a really terrific group of speakers: John Angelos, executive vice president of the Baltimore Orioles and son of owner Peter Angelos, who was outspoken after […]

  • 2017 Community Fellow featured in Fox 45 cover story

    Yesterday, Fox 45 did a great story on one of OSI’s newest Community Fellows, Shantell Roberts and her project Touching Young Lives, Inc. Roberts, who lost her infant daughter Tylour Marie in 2011, founded Touching Young Lives a year later to focus on public education for best practices in infant care, is using her fellowship […]

  • OSI-Baltimore announces 20th cohort of Community Fellows

    Open Society Institute-Baltimore is proud to announce its 20th cohort of Community Fellows. These 10 remarkable Baltimore residents work in neighborhoods throughout the city on a wide range of issues, including food equity, disability rights, and affordable housing. The Fellows and descriptions of their projects are below. The new Fellows will each receive $60,000 over 18 months […]

  • OSI Fellow talks to Washington Post about race and the opioid crisis

    This week, 2002 Community Fellow, Jacqueline Robarge, was quoted in a Washington Post article about the contrast between resourcing treatment for white opiate addiction vs. criminalizing black drug users. While recent attention and funding for fighting the opioid epidemic has been directed to rural and suburban communities, many urban areas continue to struggle, as they […]

  • QUIZ: How well do you know OSI’s Community Fellows

    In the coming days, OSI-Baltimore will announce the 20th cohort of our Community Fellows. Over the years, OSI, the Fellows selection committees, and program director Pamela King – who has overseen the program since its founding – have become experts at identifying passionate, committed Baltimoreans with great ideas. The result is a group of 180 Fellows […]

  • Fellow’s Unified Efforts names student Commissioner for a Day

    On Friday, as part of a program sponsored by 2016 OSI Community Fellow Deborah Ramsey’s Unified Efforts, which focuses on out-of-school time violence and bullying prevention, one Forest Park High School student became Baltimore City’s Police Commissioner for a Day. Check out the great video of highlights from his day on WBAL. As part of […]

  • Forbes highlights OSI Fellows’ collaboration

    This week, Forbes Magazine profiles two OSI Community Fellows who are working side-by-side to bring people together to talk about racism in Baltimore. J.C. Faulk, a 2016 Fellow who runs An End to Ignorance, a series of workshops that discuss difficult yet impactful topics like racism, sexism and classism, and Sarah Hemminger, a 2009 Community […]