The 2016 cohort of OSI-Baltimore Fellows held its monthly gathering today to hear from current Fellows Jermaine Bell and J.C. Faulk. Bell, whose works with Exit the Apple to support the work of black artists. Reflecting on the struggle to create sustainable models for artists, he said “Capitalism makes art feel less important.” Faulk discussed the […]
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Baltimore magazine highlights OSI Fellows and partners
Saturday, August 12, 2017Baltimore magazine’s annual Best of Baltimore issue recently came out and OSI-Baltimore was so pleased to find so many members of the OSI family recognized. Four different OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows and/or their projects were recognized: 2012 Fellow and Morgan State University professor Lawrence Brown was recognized as founder of one of the “Best Political Facebook […]
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OSI-Baltimore funds two new Baltimore Police Department positions
Friday, August 11, 2017Contact: Evan Serpick, OSI-Baltimore, 410-234-1091 T.J. Smith, BPD, 410-396-2012 Organizational Development Advisor and Social Justice and Equity Advisor will help examine and reform department culture BALTIMORE – The Open Society Institute-Baltimore (OSI) has provided a grant of $300,000 for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) to establish two new staff positions that respond to Commissioner Kevin […]
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Baltimore City Schools creates Restorative Practices portal
Monday, August 07, 2017Baltimore City Schools CEO Sonja Santelises and her staff have been working with OSI-Baltimore on a plan to introduce restorative practices (RP) to all Baltimore City Public Schools over the next 5 years. As district officials prepare to begin the roll out of restorative practices during the 2017-18 academic year, they have created a web […]
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CityLab talks about strategies to tackle Baltimore’s toughest problems
Thursday, August 03, 2017Yesterday, civic leaders from Baltimore and around the country came to North Avenue’s Parkway Theater to discuss pressing urban policy issues including blight and drug addiction as part of The Atlantic’s CityLab Baltimore conference. OSI-Baltimore was a proud underwriter of the event. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Johns Hopkins grad, opened up the […]
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OSI’s Webber visits Hungary to talk about educating marginalized populations
Thursday, July 27, 2017Karen Webber, director of OSI’s Education and Youth Development program, recently returned from Budapest, where she attended a week-long course at Central European University on inclusion of marginalized student populations. Representatives from more than 20 countries, including Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Turkey, Georgia, Mongolia, South Africa, Kenya, India, Nepal, and Spain, participated in the course. Participants discussed the […]
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OSI grantee to host naloxone training, benefit concert
Wednesday, July 26, 2017Next Saturday, August 5th, the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC), an OSI-Baltimore grantee, will host an event where Baltimore City Health Department officials will train individuals how to administer the life-saving overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Afterwards, there will be a benefit concert featuring local artists, including Ducky Dynamo, Violet Ripken, KnifeCrime, and others. The training will be available from […]
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OSI-sponsored CityLab comes to Baltimore next week
Wednesday, July 26, 2017OSI-Baltimore has teamed up with The Atlantic to present CityLab Baltimore, a one-day convening of local and national leaders to discuss pressing issues in American cities, at the Parkway theater next Wednesday, August 2nd. Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York and Johns Hopkins University grad who has invested heavily in Baltimore, will offer […]
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Practitioners attend Restorative Practices training in advance of roll-out
Friday, June 30, 2017Earlier this week, more than 60 educators and education advocates came to the Family League offices for an OSI-sponsored training in restorative practices in advance of the roll-out of restorative practices to all Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPSS), which begins in the fall. Facilitators from the International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP) led the training, which was attended […]
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OSI welcomes Advisory Board members Alicia Wilson and John Meyerhoff
Thursday, June 29, 2017OSI-Baltimore is thrilled to announce that we have added two new members to our Advisory Board, Alicia Wilson and John Meyerhoff. Alicia Wilson (full bio) is Vice President of Community Affairs and Legal Advisor to Sagamore Development Company, a Plank Industries Company. Wilson is responsible for shaping and promoting the interests of all Plank Industries’ operating […]
