After hearing fierce opposition from members of the OSI-supported Coalition to Reform School Discipline, including the student-led Baltimore Algebra Project and the ACLU of Maryland, the Baltimore City school voted unanimously to oppose HB31, a bill sponsored by Del. Cheryl Glenn (D, 45th District) that would have allowed school police to carry guns inside school […]
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After advocate outcry, School Board unanimously rejects arming school police
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund and ACLU of Maryland ask Hogan to increase funding for city schools
Tuesday, January 22, 2019In a letter sent to Governor Larry Hogan a week after he announced his budget for fiscal year 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the ACLU of Maryland, both grantees of OSI-Baltimore’s Education and Youth Development program, “ask that the State’s budget and any legislation on school facilities incorporate funding to remediate both the […]
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OSI’s Scott Nolen to be featured as a Comcast Newsmaker
Tuesday, January 22, 2019Scott Nolen, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Addiction and Health Equity program, was interviewed last week by Comcast Newsmakers and will be featured in February as part of a Black History Month series of African-American leaders discussing issues confronting African-American communities. Nolen, pictured on the set with host Tetiana Anderson, discussed the ways OSI-Baltimore is working to […]
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OSI’s Scott Nolen joins Faces & Voices of Recovery’s Criminal Justice Policy Committee
Wednesday, January 02, 2019Faces & Voices of Recovery, the nation’s leading recovery advocacy organization, has invited Scott Nolen, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Addiction and Health Equity program, to join its new, 12-member Criminal Justice Policy Committee. “Through this committee, we will have an opportunity to guide our advocacy work and contribute to policy statements and campaigns to educate federal, […]
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Washington Post examines roots of violent crime in Baltimore
Wednesday, January 02, 2019This week the Washington Post published an investigative story about the roots of Baltimore’s persistent violent crime, interviewing Tara Huffman, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, and Morgan State Professor Dr. Lawrence Brown, a 2012 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow and recipient of OSI’s Bold Thinker award, among many others. “This boils down to the relationship […]
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WYPR interviews 2018 OSI Fellows working with Baltimore students
Wednesday, January 02, 2019This morning, Sheilah Kast, host of WYPR’s On the Record, interviewed 2018 OSI Community Fellows Ciera Daniel and Aarti Sidhu, both of whom are working with students in Baltimore City Public Schools. Daniel founded Young Kings Leadership Academy at East Baltimore’s City Springs Elementary Middle School to help African-American boys realize their potential and become […]
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Financial Times names George Soros “Person of the Year”
Thursday, December 27, 2018The Financial Times has named George Soros, the founder of Open Society Foundations its “Person of the Year” (subscription required). “He is the standard bearer of liberal democracy and open society,” they write. “These are the ideas which triumphed in the cold war. Today, they are under siege from all sides, from Vladimir Putin’s Russia […]
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Steve Luxenberg, Judge Robert Bell discuss the impact of Plessy v. Ferguson in Talking About Race event
Thursday, December 27, 2018Open Society Institute continues its Talking About Race series on Feb. 13th with Steve Luxenberg, author of the new book, Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation, in conversation with Judge Robert Bell, the first African-American chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. Go here for more […]
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WYPR profiles OSI Fellows working on criminal justice projects
Thursday, December 27, 2018On Wednesday, WYPR’s On the Record continued profiling the 2018 cohort of OSI Community Fellows, talking to two Fellows working on criminal justice projects, Emily Thompson, whose PIVOT program addressed the gap in reentry services for women, and Jennay Ghowrwal, whose REMIND program trains defense attorneys to better advocate better on behalf of clients who suffer […]
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It Takes a City to Change a City – 20 Years of Open Society Institute – Baltimore
Wednesday, December 19, 2018The following video was shown at the final event in OSI-Baltimore’s 20th Anniversary Speaker Series, on October 30, 2018. Please click here to make a donation and help OSI-Baltimore continue driving positive change in Baltimore.
