On Wednesday, Open Society Institute-Baltimore and the University of Baltimore co-hosted the 10th annual Urban Child Symposium on Restorative Practices and the Urban Child: Rethinking School Discipline (full video; agenda). At the Symposium, OSI and Baltimore City Schools officially released the Restorative Practices Report, which outlines the necessary steps to implement restorative practices in all city […]
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Strong City Baltimore’s Neighborhood Institute offers tools for activists and advocates
Monday, April 09, 2018On April 14th, Strong City Baltimore will host its 11th Annual Neighborhood Institute, an annual networking and skill-building event that provides training for community residents, neighborhood leaders, and community development professionals. This year, 2016 OSI Community Fellow, Debbie Ramsey will present a workshop titled “Community Policing with our Youth in Mind.” As part of her […]
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St Mary’s County Sheriff: Pretrial services work
Friday, April 06, 2018This week, the Daily Record published an op-ed from Major Michael R. Merican, assistant sheriff of St. Mary’s County, on the benefits of comprehensive pretrial services programs. Major Merican cites “Steps in the Right Direction: Maryland Counties Leading the Way in Pretrial Services,” the report OSI’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program recently published which details […]
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OSI Fellow’s film, “Baltimore’s Strange Fruit” screens this weekend
Wednesday, April 04, 2018This Saturday, April 7, 2017 OSI Community Fellow Eric Jackson will co-host a screening of “Baltimore’s Strange Fruit: A Story of Food Apartheid and the Struggle for Sovereignty” at the Pleasant Hope Baptist Church. The film, directed by Jackson and Maddie Hardy, explores the intersections of food, land, and race and class politics through personal […]
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City Schools and OSI to release Restorative Practices Report at Urban Child Symposium
Tuesday, April 03, 2018BALTIMORE—On Wednesday, Baltimore City Schools and Open Society Institute-Baltimore will officially release the comprehensive Restorative Practices Report, which outlines the necessary steps to implement restorative practices in all city schools and make Baltimore City Public Schools a Restorative District over the next five years. Read the full report; Read a one-page summary; See OSI’s Restorative Practices Web Portal; […]
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Consent Decree Monitor Team seeks community feedback on BPD policies
Tuesday, April 03, 2018The US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), and the Consent Decree Monitoring Team are currently in the process of reviewing and revising the BPD’s policies and procedures as part of the ongoing implementation of the Consent Decree and are looking for community input on how to improve and strengthen these policies. […]
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Taylor Branch brings “King in the Wilderness” to Baltimore
Monday, April 02, 2018On Thursday night, Baltimore’s Parkway Theatre hosted an advance screening of the HBO documentary “King in the Wilderness,” which tells the story of the last three years of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s life, from 1965 to 1968. The film debuts on HBO tonight, April 2nd. Taylor Branch, the eminent King historian and an OSI-Baltimore […]
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Maryland’s first stabilization center to open in Baltimore next spring
Monday, April 02, 2018This week, the Baltimore City Health Department and OSI-funded Behavioral Health System Baltimore secured funding to open up Maryland’s first stabilization center, a safe space for people to go when they need to get medical treatment related to substance use disorders. According to the Baltimore Sun, the center will also offer services for long-term substance […]
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Generation Progress now accepting applications for #Fight4AFuture Summit
Wednesday, March 28, 2018Generation Progress, a national organization that works with young people to promote progressive solutions to political and social challenges is now accepting applications for the FREE 5th Annual #Fight4AFuture Summit taking place in Baltimore May 5-7, 2018, bringing together youth advocates working on gun violence prevention and criminal justice reform. Last year, Generation Progress brought together more than […]
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OSI co-hosts Impact Bootcamp for social entrepreneurs
Monday, March 26, 2018On Saturday Open Society Institute-Baltimore and Baltimore Corps co-hosted Johns Hopkins University Social Innovation Lab’s 5th Impact Bootcamp, A free, full-day workshop for community members and students to build connections and gain skills to move their ideas and ventures forward. As part of the agenda, OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Brian Gerardo, above left (see out recent photo […]
