Archive

Next Saturday, August 5th, the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC), an OSI-Baltimore grantee, will host an event where Baltimore City Health Department officials will train individuals how to administer the life-saving overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Afterwards, there will be a benefit concert featuring local artists, including Ducky Dynamo, Violet Ripken, KnifeCrime, and others. The training will be available from […]

OSI-Baltimore has teamed up with The Atlantic to present CityLab Baltimore, a one-day convening of local and national leaders to discuss pressing issues in American cities, at the Parkway theater next Wednesday, August 2nd. Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York and Johns Hopkins University grad who has invested heavily in Baltimore, will offer […]

On Friday, the 2016 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows hosted its monthly Fellows Gathering at Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap to hear about the experiences of two members of their cohort, Melissa Badeker and Jennifer Will-Thapa. Badeker co-founded the Teacher Supply Swap to help bridge the gap between educators who need materials and those who have extra materials […]

This week, Scott Nolen, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Drug Addiction Treatment Program graduated from the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, an initiative hosted by the presidential centers of George H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Nolen was one of 60 people selected for the program’s third cohort which ran from February […]

TODAY, the Baltimore Sun published an op-ed by Public Defender and OSI-Baltimore Leadership Council member, Todd Oppenheim. In “Baltimore’s Mandatory minimum madness,” Oppenheim calls the newly-proposed mandatory minimum sentencing for illegal handgun possession a “shortsighted attempt to curb violence through incarceration.” Mandatory minimum sentences do not increase public safety and restrict judges ability to rule […]

There is currently much debate and discussion in Baltimore City about the best strategies to reduce the violence that currently plagues our City. As policymakers, civic leaders and concerned community members come together to identify and implement the best solutions, it is prudent that we revisit what the last 40 years has taught us about […]

Recently, 2013 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Lanaea Featherstone’s foundation launched the first multicultural professional development opportunity. “Reaching New Heights” is a 12- week training program designed to equip participants with skills needed to land an entry ­level job in the financial services industry. The foundation will match participants with employers and help them secure a new […]

This week, WBAL aired a segment on the youth violence prevention program run by Unified Efforts, the program started by 2016 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow, Debbie Ramsey.  The summer program, which was announced in early June, provides free summer activities for West Baltimore/Penn North students, including free indoor swimming lessons, art, music, introduction to aviation and […]

2015 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Brian Gerardo’s Baltimore Dance Crews Project (BDCP) is launching a series of pay-what-you-can dance classes, the Purple Box Workshops. A purple box will be made available at the beginning of each class, where guests can make a cash contribution, if they can, but no one will be turned away if they’re unable […]