By Adam Bednar
Danielle Torain grew up in Baltimore, and her career included work in the mayor’s office before taking over as the executive director of the Open Society Institute Baltimore early in 2020.
Having young people of color in positions leading organizations, she said, provides an important context for organizations like her own dedicated to such issues as educational disparities and justice reform.
“When you’re working on issues that impact black communities, many of the communities that we actually come from, that means that you’re talking about your own folks,” Torain said.
