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October 09, 2012
Filmed in more than twenty states, The House I Live In tells the stories of individuals at all levels of America’s War on Drugs. From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, the film offers a penetrating look inside America’s criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of […]
The Charles Theater, 1711 N Charles St, Baltimore7:00 pm EST -
September 13, 2012
What we don’t know can hurt us and others—and unconscious bias, along with racial anxiety, can unwittingly affect our responses and behavior. The examples revealed in provocative new research may surprise you—embedded stereotypes, it concludes, are experienced by people of color and whites alike. Understanding these biases is critical, especially for people in positions of power […]
Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St, Baltimore7:00 pm EST -
May 22, 2012
Slavery By Another Name is an enormously powerful film that brings to light a period of history, largely ignored, in which many negative stubborn stereotypes—those that still plague society—were deliberately born. In addition to a screening of the film, 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winner Douglas Blackmon, author of the book of the same name, discussed Slavery By Another […]
MICA’s Brown Center, 1301 W Mt Royal Ave , Baltimore7:00 pm EST -
December 05, 2011
Author Touré discussed his provocative new book Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now with special guest commentator Michael Eric Dyson. Touré’s book was acclaimed by the New York Times as “one of the most acutely observed accounts of what it is like to be young, black and middle-class in contemporary […]
Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St, Baltimore7:30 pm EST -
October 20, 2011
Ivory Toldson, associate professor at Howard University, and Raymond Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University, talked about what educators, parents and families can do to ensure that African American boy succeed. Shawn Dove, campaign manager for the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, served as moderator.
Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St, Baltimore7:00 pm EST -
September 15, 2011
Michelle Gourdine, physician and author of Reclaiming Our Health: A Guide to African American Wellness, and Thomas LaVeist, director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Disparities Solutions, discussed the inequities that exist in our current medical care system and offered solutions for change.
Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St, Baltimore7:00 pm EST
About the Series
OSI-Baltimore has been presenting this free, public series since 2009 as a way of sparking conversations about how race intersects with our lives. They generally attract crowds of about 250 people.