CONTACT: Evan Serpick, Open Society Institute-Baltimore evan.serpick@opensocietyfoundations.org; 410-234-1091 BALTIMORE—Today, Open Society Institute-Baltimore releases a new report, “Young, Gifted, and Underfunded: Strengthening the Relationship Between Philanthropy and Youth-Led Movements,” as part of a multi-step effort to build and strengthen connections between local funders and youth-led organizations that drive essential change in our region. Based on focus […]
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Peter Edelman to discuss new book “Not a Crime to Be Poor” with Lester Spence
Tuesday, February 06, 2018Join OSI and the Enoch Pratt Free Library on March 8th for a talk with Peter Edelman and Lester Spence at the Church of the Redeemer. Edelman, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy and the faculty director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University Law Center will be discussing his book, […]
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Baltimore magazine names OSI Fellows “Visionaries”
Monday, February 05, 2018The February issue of Baltimore magazine, which went online today, profiles 30 Baltimore “Visionaries,” described as “change-makers who are shaping the future of our city.” Among the 30 are two OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows: 2017 Fellow Shantell Roberts, founder of Touching Young Lives, Inc., and 2015 Fellow Gianna Rodriguez, founder of Baltimore Youth Arts. Among the other […]
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OSI and Charm City Tribe to talk about “Opiates in Our Communities”
Monday, February 05, 2018This Wednesday, Feb.7th, OSI-Baltimore will join Charm City Tribe for a special event as part of its “Beit Midrash” (house of study) learning series, on “Opiates in our Communities,” a discussion of how the opioid crisis affects the Jewish community and Baltimore communities overall. Michael Walter, a program specialist in OSI’s Addiction and Health Equity program […]
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OSI Board Vice Chair Joe Jones interviewed on NPR’s Marketplace
Wednesday, January 31, 2018This week, NPR’s Marketplace interviewed OSI Advisory Board Vice Chair Joe Jones about the Black unemployment rate. Jones, who is the founder and CEO of the Center for Urban Families, an organization focusing on jobs and leadership training for urban communities, spoke of the barriers formerly incarcerated people face while looking for employment. “When we think […]
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OSI Fellow Ras Tre Subira’s Olam Ubuntu program profiled in Jewish Times
Monday, January 29, 2018Recently, the Jewish Times featured 2009 OSI Community Fellow Ras Tre Subira and Olam Ubuntu, the youth group for Jewish and African-American teens, which he co-founded with Gabe Pickus. Olam Ubuntu, which combines the Hebrew word for world, “Olam,” and the Nguni-Bantu word, “Ubuntu,” which means “I am because we are,” works with Beth Am Synagogue […]
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Fifteen city schools begin restorative practices rollout
Monday, January 29, 2018Last Tuesday, OSI and City Schools held a reception to officially launch the rollout of CEO Sonja Santelises’ “Blueprint for Success.” As part of the blueprint, 55 schools were designated “intensive learning sites,” including 15 where OSI will help implement restorative practices (see Fox 45 coverage). Over the next five years, OSI and city schools […]
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OSI looks forward to 2018 with new Leadership Council chairs
Wednesday, January 24, 2018In 2007, OSI-Baltimore convened the first meeting of its Leadership Council, an eclectic, engaged group of civic and community leaders who shared a commitment and a passion for Baltimore—and who actively want to be part of solutions for its future. When we established the Council, the intent was to involve participants in active discussion with […]
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Philadelphia pushes forward with safe injection facility plans
Wednesday, January 24, 2018City officials in Philadelphia announced they would encourage the development of safe consumption sites (SCSs, also referred to as safe injection sites, or SIFs) that would oversee medically-supervised drug consumption and provide other services. While Vancouver, Canada, has operated two sites for more than 10 years, there are currently no SIFs operating in the US; […]
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OSI Fellow Jermaine Bell to speak on anxiety at CreativeMornings
Tuesday, January 23, 2018This Friday, 2016 OSI Community Fellow Jermaine Bell will be the speaker for this month’s CreativeMornings, a breakfast lecture series aimed at the creative community. Bell will talk to CreativeMorning’s Baltimore host Will Walker about anxiety. Register here for the event at Cedar & Cotton. As part of his fellowship, Bell works with Exit the Apple, a […]
