This morning, OSI-Baltimore director Diana Morris joined Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen to announce a $200,000 grant to support the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) combat overdose deaths and reduce the stigma surrounding addiction. The grant will fund a rapid response team to help target outreach in real time when overdoses are reported […]
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Campaign for Jobs, Safety and Justice Holds Town Hall for Consent Decree Monitors
Friday, July 07, 2017Last night at Coppin State University, nearly two dozen representatives for the teams applying to be Consent Decree monitors answered questions about their qualifications and proposed strategies in front of a standing room only crowd of community members. Before the start of the town hall, hosted by OSI-Baltimore grantee, the Campaign for Jobs, Safety and […]
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OSI Community Fellow Hosts “Let’s Talk About Race” at the Impact Hub
Thursday, July 06, 2017On Saturday, 2016 OSI Community Fellow, J.C. Faulk will host, “Let’s Talk About Race,” a conversation, open to all, to discuss the impact of race and racism in Baltimore. Register here for this free event at the Impact Hub Baltimore. In 2015, Faulk began hosting discussions about the impact of racism in his home, inviting […]
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Coalition for Safe and Just Maryland op-ed highlights new money bail rule
Friday, June 30, 2017An op-ed in Baltimore Sun written by members of the Coalition for a Safe and Just Maryland (CSJM) highlights the new rule recently adopted by the Court of Appeals that deprioritizes money bail, which goes into effect tomorrow. The new rule will ensure that money alone no longer determines whether Marylanders are jailed or free […]
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Campaign for Justice, Safety and Jobs to hold Consent Decree Town Hall
Friday, June 30, 2017Next Thursday, July 6, the Campaign for Justice, Safety, and Jobs, an OSI-Baltimore grantee, is hosting a forum to interview the Consent Decree monitor applicants. Nearly all of the two dozen applicants will be on hand at the Coppin State University Health & Human Services Building to answer questions. Under the terms of the consent decree, […]
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OSI Fellow’s ShareBaby Baby Pantry featured on WMAR
Friday, June 30, 2017This week, WMAR Baltimore featured ShareBaby, an organization that provides clothing, diapers, strollers, toys, and other basic goods to organizations that work with families in need. 2016 OSI-Community Fellow, Eliseba Osore’s developed her project, Baltimore Baby Pantry as part of ShareBaby to focus mostly on collecting and distributing diapers, which is the primary need for […]
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Practitioners attend Restorative Practices training in advance of roll-out
Friday, June 30, 2017Earlier this week, more than 60 educators and education advocates came to the Family League offices for an OSI-sponsored training in restorative practices in advance of the roll-out of restorative practices to all Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS), which begins in the fall. Facilitators from the International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP) led the training, which was attended […]
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OSI welcomes Advisory Board members Alicia Wilson and John Meyerhoff
Thursday, June 29, 2017OSI-Baltimore is thrilled to announce that we have added two new members to our Advisory Board, Alicia Wilson and John Meyerhoff. Alicia Wilson (full bio) is Vice President of Community Affairs and Legal Advisor to Sagamore Development Company, a Plank Industries Company. Wilson is responsible for shaping and promoting the interests of all Plank Industries’ operating […]
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AMA Endorses Supervised Injection Facilities
Wednesday, June 28, 2017Recently, the nation’s largest organization of doctors, the American Medical Association (AMA) endorsed supervised injection facilities on a pilot basis as a method to respond to the opioid epidemic. Supervised injection facilities (SIFs), sometimes also referred to as overdose prevention centers or safe drug consumption rooms are monitored spaces where people can use their own […]
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BALT to hold community workshop on consent decree monitor selection process
Friday, June 23, 2017Next week, OSI-Baltimore grantee Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT) will host a community education workshop for residents to discuss they can be involved in selecting the monitor for the consent decree. Under the terms of the consent decree, which Baltimore City entered into with the Department of Justice after the DOJ’s investigation of the Baltimore Police Department, […]
