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Tonight on CharmTV, the Baltimore Equitable Vaccination Initiative (BEVI) presents the third Baltimore: State of Vaccination event. You can watch the full 50-minute event below, featuring OSI-Baltimore Director Daniel Torain, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Otis Rolley, testimonials from Baltimore residents about their decision to get vaccinated, profiles of Baltimore Heroes, and presentations from public health expert […]

This morning, the People’s Commission to Decriminalize Maryland hosted a press conference to review its priorities for Maryland’s 2022 legislative session, which started last week. Watch the press conference below and review a list of the priorities here. Check out coverage of the press conference on Public News Service and the Real News Network.

OSI-Baltimore will partner with the International Institute for Restorative Practices to present it’s annual World Conference, which will take place virtually January 26 – 28. The conference includes 23 sessions, including Schools that Teach the Change We Want to See, Community Applications of Restorative Practices, Reckoning with Systemic Injustice, Let’s Talk about Community Responses to […]

A new report highlights the work of the Equity-First Vaccination Initiative, which aims to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States and, over the longer term, strengthen the public health system to achieve more-equitable outcomes. The initiative focused on five demonstration cities, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Newark, and Oakland, to […]

Jaisal Noor, a senior producer at the Baltimore-based Real News Network, wrote a story for YES! Media about the food sovereignty work of Black Yield Institute, founded by 2017 OSI Community Fellow Eric Jackson, in South Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood and community efforts to prevent city officials from evicting the organization from its farm.

On Tuesday evening, longtime OSI partner Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) hosted a conversation about community reinvestment as part of its series looking at potential implication of cannabin legalization in Maryland. LBS Director of Public Policy moderated the conversation with OSI Director Danielle Torain and Kindred Wellness Founder Shawna Murray Browne. Watch the full […]

On November 18th, the Pratt Library hosted a conversation with Sheryll Cashin, author of “White Space, Black Hood,” moderated by 2020 OSI Community Fellow Bree Jones. Watch the full event below. 

WBAL-TV featured 2020 OSI Community Fellow Ateira Griffin and her organization, Building Our Nations Daughters (BOND), in its story about organizations supporting families in need over Thanksgiving. BOND, an organization focused on cultivating strong relationships between mothers and daughters, specifically in single-parent homes. is providing full Thanksgiving dinners to more than 300 families. “We have […]

As part of its recent Virtual Youth Development Forum, the Baltimore City Youth Foundation hosted a Funders Panel, including OSI-Baltimore Director Danielle Torain and other local philanthropic leaders. Watch the full panel discussion below.