Tomorrow, October 18th, Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez, the founders of longtime OSI partners and grantees Holistic Life Foundation (HLF), will release their debut book Let Your Light Shine. OSI has been a longtime supporter of HLF’s work to bring yoga and mindfulness to Baltimore City Schools, including the introduction of a new […]
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Founders of OSI partner Holistic Life Foundation release new book, Let Your Light Shine
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OSI Fellow Britney Young to speak at BELN event on Building a Strong Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Friday, October 14, 2022On October 29th, the Baltimore Entrepreneurship and Leadership Network (BELN) will host a workshop on Building a Strong Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The speakers will include 2018 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Brittany Young, founder B360, and Justin Shaw, CEO of Shaw’s Covenant Custom Clothier. The Baltimore Entrepreneurship and Leadership Network (BELN) is an emerging cohort, connecting […]
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Nearly two dozen juveniles released in first year of Juvenile Restoration Act
Friday, October 07, 2022This week the Maryland’s Office of the Public Defender (OPD), an OSI-Baltimore grantee, released it’s report on the first year of implementation of the Juvenile Restoration Act (JRA), which was passed by Maryland’s General Assembly in 2021. The JRA permits people who have served at least 20 years of a sentence for a crime that […]
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OSI Fellow Bree Jones, founder of Parity, gives TED Talk on revitalizing neighborhoods without gentrification
Tuesday, October 04, 2022Bree Jones, a 2018 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow and founder of equitable housing developer Parity, recently gave a TED Talk about the organization’s mission to revitalize neighborhoods and increase homeownership without displacing longtime residents or spurring gentrification. Parity acquires and rehabilitates abandoned properties in West Baltimore and creates affordable home ownership opportunities. Watch the talk below […]
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American Political Science Association recognizes “Party at the Mailbox” innovators
Tuesday, September 13, 2022Last month, the American Political Science Association presented the 2022 APSA Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement to Nykidra Robinson, CEO of OSI grantee Black Girls Vote and Professor Melissa Michelson for their work on the OSI-supported “Party at the Mailbox” campaign during the 2020 election. The citation reads, in part: The APSA Distinguished Award […]
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Councilman, students, teachers union demand expansion of restorative practices to all city schools
Thursday, September 08, 2022Days after Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School (Mervo) junior Jeremiah Brogden was shot and killed in his school’s parking lot, City Councilman Zeke Cohen, leaders of the Baltimore Teachers Union, and several city schools students held a rally outside City Hall calling on district leadership to implement the existing restorative practices program in all Baltimore City […]
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OSI grantee joins White House meeting on Overdose Awareness Day
Wednesday, September 07, 2022On August 31st, Tiffinee Scott (above, third from the left) of the Maryland Peer Advisory Council, joined Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), for a meeting to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. A White House read out of the meeting is […]
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Baltimore Entrepreneur and Leadership Network to host networking event
Wednesday, August 24, 2022On Saturday September 17th from 9am to 1pm, the Baltimore Entrepreneur and Leadership Network (BELN) will host an opportunity for emerging local entrepreneurs and leaders to get to know each other, learn about incubators, accelerators, fellowships and academic programs, and connect with financial and legal experts that can help them along in their work. OSI-Baltimore […]
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OSI-Baltimore invests in community-based storytelling, including Baltimore Beat and police reform documentary
Tuesday, August 23, 2022BALTIMORE—Open Society Institute-Baltimore, the only US field office of Open Society Foundations, will invest in Black-led newspaper the Baltimore Beat and police reform documentary Breaking the Blue Wall, as part of an emerging effort to radically shift local and national narratives about Baltimore, our leaders, our movements, and our communities. “A key part of OSI-Baltimore’s […]
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OSI’s Danielle Torain to receive Changemaker Award at We Give Black Fest
Tuesday, August 09, 2022During the We Give Black Fest, scheduled from August 19th to 21st, OSI-Baltimore Director Danielle Torain will receive a Changemaker Award, created to “amplify and honor the work of individuals and organizations that are driving lasting change throughout Greater Baltimore.” We Give Black Fest is a three-day festival at South Baltimore’s West Covington Park including […]
