Last night, 150 Baltimore City Schools students and their chaperones attended the Washington, D.C. stop on the book tour for Michelle Obama’s recently released memoir, “Becoming.” As the Baltimore Sun describes, Obama was able to connect with the students thanks to OSI-Baltimore Advisory Board member Alicia Wilson, who met Obama last year and talked about […]
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OSI’s Evan Serpick moderates panel on criminal justice reform
Sunday, November 18, 2018On Friday, OSI Director of Strategic Communications Evan Serpick moderated a panel on Criminal Justice and Opportunities for Legislative Success at the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Maryland Policy Advocates Meeting. The panelists included Nikki Thompson, Senior Policy Advocate at the Job Opportunities Task Force, and Delegate Erek Barron of Prince George’s County. Serpick was filling […]
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Unger report offers path to safely reduce incarceration and save taxpayer dollars
Thursday, November 15, 2018A new Justice Policy Institute report details the experiences of 235 people released from Maryland prisons after serving more than 30 years and found that, with specialized reentry programming, this aging population can safely return to communities. The report reflects the work of a five-year Open Society Institute – Baltimore investment and the creation of “The […]
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OSF President responds to reports Facebook tried to link critics to Soros
Thursday, November 15, 2018Yesterday, the New York Times reported that, in response to criticism of its handling of alleged election-tampering, “Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros.” In response, Patrick Gaspard, president of Open Society Foundations (which was founded by Soros), sent a letter […]
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Get Your Life! comes to the BMA
Thursday, November 15, 2018This Saturday, November 17th, the Baltimore Museum of Art hosts the opening celebration for an exhibition of work from Get Your Life! (GYL!), a youth-run production company that was based out of 901 Arts, the community arts center led by 2010 OSI Community Fellow, Sarah Tooley. The GYL! exhibit, which features presents videos, costumes, props, and documents created […]
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OSI-Baltimore welcomes four new Advisory Board members
Tuesday, November 13, 2018OSI-Baltimore recently added four new members to its Advisory Board: Ava Lias-Booker, Jamar Brown, Nupur P. Flynn, and Larry Moscow. Ava Lias-Booker is a partner, heads the Baltimore litigation practice group, and is co-chair of the Consumer and Retail Banking Industry Team at McGuireWoods. Jamar Brown is an associate in the Litigation group at Rosenberg Martin […]
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OSI Community Fellow Ausar Daniels on WYPR’s Life in the Balance
Tuesday, November 13, 2018Recently 2017 OSI Community Fellow, Ausar Daniels was featured on WYPR’s Life in the Balance to talk about helping communities in Baltimore through urban agriculture and other health initiatives. Daniels founded the Greater Mondawmin Empowerment Project (GMEP) to combat food insecurity and the negative effects associated with limited or no access to healthy, affordable food. […]
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OSI Community Fellows Strategic Advisory Group hosts first peer coaching training
Tuesday, November 13, 2018In 2017, the OSI-Baltimore Community Fellowships program launched the Community Fellows Network Strategic Advisory Group, which aims to strengthen connections among the 200 Fellows, discover and address shared needs, and explore ways to collaborate. The group formed five committees to advance its work: Skill Sharing, Healing, and Storytelling; public relations and Marketing; Thought Leadership; Mentorship […]
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OSIs Addiction and Health Equity program hosts Advocacy and Leadership training
Tuesday, November 13, 2018On Friday and Saturday, OSI’s Addiction and Health Equity program held the first of its Advocacy and Leadership training sessions, intended to help build the field of advocates around the state and increase the representation of people with lived experience with addiction in policy conversations. The training, held in Frederick, Maryland, included a welcome from […]
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OSI’s 2017 Impact Report is now online
Thursday, November 08, 2018The 2017 Impact Report, which summarize OSI-Baltimore’s work and impact last year, is now online. The report includes stories on OSI’s work on bail reform, school re-engagement, the history of our work introducing and expanding use of Buprenorphine to treat addiction, and the Community Fellows Strategic Advisory Group. It also lists all 2017 grants by […]
