What is an “open society”? Popularized by philosopher Karl Popper, the term “open society” refers to a society based on the recognition that nobody has a monopoly on the truth, that different people have different views and interests, and that there is a need for institutions to protect the rights of all people to allow […]
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Danielle Torain to lead Open Society Institute-Baltimore
Tuesday, January 14, 2020BALTIMORE—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Danielle Torain as the new director of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore, effective Jan. 21, 2020. A proud Baltimore native, Torain brings a decade’s experience in the public, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors to the job. A graduate of the University of Richmond and the University […]
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Check out OSI’s latest newsletter, including “Five Lessons Learned with OSI’s Community Fellows”
Monday, January 13, 2020The latest edition of OSI-Baltimore’s newsletter, Audacious Thinking, is now available online. For the cover story, Weaving a Network for Baltimore: Five Lessons Learned with the OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows, Didi Goldenhar updated her 2016 white paper about OSI’s Fellowships Network, describing how the Fellows Advisory Board helped develop connections and collaborations among the more than […]
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Overdose Prevention Sites experts come to Maryland as General Assembly starts session
Thursday, January 09, 2020Next week, people who have worked in Overdose Prevention Sites in Vancouver and Barcelona are coming to Maryland to talk about their experiences and to encourage local lawmakers, who came to Annapolis for the opening of the 2020 legislative session this week, to consider opening such sites in Maryland. Beverly Lightfoot and Russell Maynard, who […]
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WYPR profiles 2019 OSI Community Fellows
Monday, December 23, 2019This morning, WYPR’s On the Record with Sheilah Kast began it’s annual series of profiles of the new cohort of OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows! The first segment includes Kast’s interview with Pamela King, director of OSI’s Community Fellowships Program, and 2016 OSI Community Fellow Gianna Rodriguez, founder of Baltimore Youth Arts. In the second segment, Kast […]
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Candidates to respond to Blueprint for Baltimore priorities at Mayoral, City Council President forums in February, March, April
Tuesday, December 17, 2019BALTIMORE—Candidates for Mayor and City Council President will be asked to respond to the priorities of Baltimore residents, as identified by the Blueprint for Baltimore survey, in non-partisan forums planned for February, March, and April, in the lead-up to primary elections on April 26th. The first Blueprint for Baltimore Mayoral Forum will be held on […]
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Legislators speak to OSI’s Leadership Council
Tuesday, December 10, 2019This morning, Del. Brooke Lierman from the 46th district in Baltimore’s City, Del. Shelly Hettleman from the 11th district in Baltimore County, and Shamoyia Gardiner, the Education Policy Director of Advocates for Children and Youth, joined OSI-Baltimore’s Leadership Council to discuss key issues in advance of the 2020 legislative session. Gardiner and Del. Lierman laid […]
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Blueprint project featured in Baltimore Sun, WEAA
Tuesday, December 03, 2019The front page of Monday’s Baltimore Sun featured a feature story on the Blueprint for Baltimore project, which includes a survey of 10 to 12,000 Baltimore residents to identify their preferred priorities for Baltimore City leadership in advance of 2020 mayor and City Council elections. In addition, OSI’s Evan Serpick, Black Leaders Organizing for Change’s […]
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OSI Community Fellow Shantell Roberts joins School Board
Wednesday, November 13, 2019At a City Hall ceremony this morning, 2017 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Shantell Roberts, founder of Touching Young Lives, Inc., was sworn in as the newest member of the Baltimore City Schools Board of Commissioners. Roberts replaces Muriel Berkeley, a member of OSI-Baltimore’s Advisory Board, who is stepping down.
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Baltimore Beat lays out the case for Overdose Prevention Sites
Tuesday, November 12, 2019This week the Baltimore Beat published a story, “The solution to Baltimore’s overdose crisis—safe consumption sites,” that lays out much of the research and advocacy promoting the establishment of Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS), also called Safe Consumption Spaces or Safe Injection Facilities, in Maryland. The latest development cited in the story is the release of […]
