Read Baltimore Sun story on the report. BALTIMORE—Baltimore City Schools that have adopted restorative practices since 2018 have seen dramatic drops in suspensions, improved school climate, and better relationships between students and teachers, according to a new report released today by Open Society Institute-Baltimore, Baltimore City Public Schools, Johns Hopkins University Institute for Education Policy, […]
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New report indicates major impact of restorative practices in Baltimore City Schools
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OSI and Baltimore City to launch COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Program
Thursday, September 24, 2020In the coming months, OSI-Baltimore and Baltimore City will launch the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Program to provide much-needed support to residents of Baltimore’s marginalized communities, who are most impacted by COVID-19 and yet often overlooked. The program, profiled this week in the Sun, will use $6 million of city funds to provide $400 prepaid cards […]
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Meet Jamar Brown, the new Chair of OSI’s Advisory Board
Monday, September 21, 2020Jamar Brown, a partner in the Litigation group at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP, and a champion of several justice-seeking organizations in Baltimore, has stepped in as Chair of OSI’s Advisory Board, replacing William C. Clarke, III, who has chaired the Board for the last ten years and will remain an Advisory Board member. “I am […]
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Danielle Torain on Black leadership and the future of Baltimore
Thursday, September 17, 2020OSI-Baltimore Director Danielle Torain sat down with The Daily Record as part of a series of interviews launched during the newspaper’s “Young, Black, Homegrown and Leading in Baltimore” webinar. Torain, who joined OSI in January, talked about how being a Black woman and Baltimore native shaped her view of the city and her work. “When […]
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Reflecting on hundreds of lives lost to overdose in Baltimore
Tuesday, September 01, 2020On Monday, OSI joined the Baltimore City Health Department and other organizations to observe International Overdose Awareness at the YNOT Lot at Charles St. and North Ave. Health Department staff arrayed 914 small purple flags on the grass, representing people who died of overdose in Baltimore City in 2019. OSI displayed the Overdose Awareness Day […]
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OSI-Baltimore to support 23 organizations working to protect Maryland’s most vulnerable populations
Monday, August 31, 2020BALTIMORE—Open Society Institute-Baltimore is investing $772,000 to support 23 organizations working with Marylanders who use drugs, are incarcerated, or were recently released from incarceration, and thus at increased risks of contracting COVID-19, suffering a fatal overdose, or being re-incarcerated. OSI chose grant recipients based on applications submitted in response to a request for proposals published […]
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OSI Fellow Ana Temple Rodney named one of Maryland’s 100 Sheros
Wednesday, August 26, 2020The Maryland Commission for Women named 2019 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Ana Temple Rodney one of “Maryland’s 100 Sheros” during a conference commemorating the the women’s suffrage movement today. Rodney had a health crisis while navigating the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after the birth of her son in 2014 and subsequently started a healing circle […]
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OSI, Baltimore City mark Overdose Awareness Day
Wednesday, August 26, 2020This Monday, August 31st is International #OverdoseAwarenessDay and OSI, the Baltimore City Health Department, and other local organizations will be hosting events to raise awareness throughout the next week. On Thursday at 11am the Health Department will host a conversation with Westside YO! on youth and opioids. On Friday at 10:30am, Scott Nolen, director of […]
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New England Journal of Medicine highlights treatment van outside Baltimore jail
Monday, August 24, 2020This month in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Justin Berk wrote about his experiences treating patients in the Projects Connections at Reentry (PCARE) van, which is parked (illegally, Dr. Berk notes) outside of the Baltimore City Jail every day. OSI provides support for the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute to run the project, […]
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Register now for People’s Commission to Decriminalize Maryland regional webinars
Thursday, August 20, 2020The OSI-supported People’s Commission to Decriminalize Maryland has been working to make policy recommendations to change various laws that unnecessarily criminalize a wide range of behavior. There are five workgroups: drug police, sex work, homelessness, poverty, and youth. The Commission encourages all Marylanders to complete this *brief* survey to give some feedback on what kind of […]
