On Tuesday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a grantee of Open Society Foundations, filed a class action lawsuit against an unlicensed bail bonds company operating in Baltimore. The lawsuit challenges 4 Aces Bail Bonds Incorporated’s unlawful and predatory practices, including collecting bail bond premiums without a license. Bail bond companies must be […]
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Lawsuit challenges unlicensed bail bonds company operating in Baltimore
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Michelle Obama taps OSI Board member to reach city students
Sunday, November 18, 2018Last night, 150 Baltimore City Schools students and their chaperones attended the Washington, D.C. stop on the book tour for Michelle Obama’s recently released memoir, “Becoming.” As the Baltimore Sun describes, Obama was able to connect with the students thanks to OSI-Baltimore Advisory Board member Alicia Wilson, who met Obama last year and talked about […]
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OSI’s Evan Serpick moderates panel on criminal justice reform
Sunday, November 18, 2018On Friday, OSI Director of Strategic Communications Evan Serpick moderated a panel on Criminal Justice and Opportunities for Legislative Success at the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Maryland Policy Advocates Meeting. The panelists included Nikki Thompson, Senior Policy Advocate at the Job Opportunities Task Force, and Delegate Erek Barron of Prince George’s County. Serpick was filling […]
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Unger report offers path to safely reduce incarceration and save taxpayer dollars
Thursday, November 15, 2018A new Justice Policy Institute report details the experiences of 235 people released from Maryland prisons after serving more than 30 years and found that, with specialized reentry programming, this aging population can safely return to communities. The report reflects the work of a five-year Open Society Institute – Baltimore investment and the creation of “The […]
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OSF President responds to reports Facebook tried to link critics to Soros
Thursday, November 15, 2018Yesterday, the New York Times reported that, in response to criticism of its handling of alleged election-tampering, “Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros.” In response, Patrick Gaspard, president of Open Society Foundations (which was founded by Soros), sent a letter […]
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OSI-Baltimore welcomes four new Advisory Board members
Tuesday, November 13, 2018OSI-Baltimore recently added four new members to its Advisory Board: Ava Lias-Booker, Jamar Brown, Nupur P. Flynn, and Larry Moscow. Ava Lias-Booker is a partner, heads the Baltimore litigation practice group, and is co-chair of the Consumer and Retail Banking Industry Team at McGuireWoods. Jamar Brown is an associate in the Litigation group at Rosenberg Martin […]
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OSIs Addiction and Health Equity program hosts Advocacy and Leadership training
Tuesday, November 13, 2018On Friday and Saturday, OSI’s Addiction and Health Equity program held the first of its Advocacy and Leadership training sessions, intended to help build the field of advocates around the state and increase the representation of people with lived experience with addiction in policy conversations. The training, held in Frederick, Maryland, included a welcome from […]
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OSI’s 2017 Impact Report is now online
Thursday, November 08, 2018The 2017 Impact Report, which summarize OSI-Baltimore’s work and impact last year, is now online. The report includes stories on OSI’s work on bail reform, school re-engagement, the history of our work introducing and expanding use of Buprenorphine to treat addiction, and the Community Fellows Strategic Advisory Group. It also lists all 2017 grants by […]
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OSI Fellows connect with Business Volunteers of Maryland
Thursday, November 01, 2018Last Wednesday, OSI Baltimore Community Fellows, including 2017 Fellow Jackie Bello (above, left) and 2010 Fellow Koli Tengella (above, right) joined Business Volunteers of Maryland’s (BVM) GIVE Fellows in a special skillCONNECT event. At the event, OSI presented concrete problem their projects were facing and working with teams of GIVE Fellows to conceive new ideas and […]
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Baltimore joins MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge
Thursday, November 01, 2018Last week, the MacArthur Foundation announced that its Safety and Justice Challenge – an effort to reduce the misuse and overuse of jails nationwide – would expand to 12 new jurisdictions, including Baltimore City. With its $50,000 grant award, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, which operates the Baltimore City jail, will create […]
