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Next Thursday, Oct. 14th, the Baltimore Equitable Vaccination Initiative presents the second event in its State of Vaccination series, this one focused on youth vaccination. The event will air live on Charm TV at 5:30pm and be streamed live here. After the event, it will be available on YouTube here and schools, teachers, community groups, […]

On Saturday, 2020 OSI Community Fellow Bree Jones, co-founder of Parity Homes, held a celebration in West Baltimore’s Harlem Park neighborhood to officially break ground on three new homes, each of which is the site of a previously abandoned building, and each of which already has a buyer. As the Baltimore Sun reports, these homes […]

The Unhoused Workgroup of the People’s Commission to Decriminalize Maryland will hold a trans and LGBQ+ listening session on lived experiences of people who have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity on Tuesday, October 5th at 6pm. Each participant will receive dinner and a $50 gift card. Space is limited. Click here to register for the event. Click […]

On August, 31st, Overdose Awareness Day, the OSI-supported BRIDGES Coalition launched a campaign to rally community support to bring life-saving Overdose Prevention Sites to Maryland. As the BRIDGES press release explains, the campaign was inspired by an exchange during a Maryland Senate committee hearing on Overdose Prevention Sites, when Senator Delores Kelly said of OPS, […]

On Tuesday, Out for Justice, a member-led group advocating for the rights of people impacted by the criminal justice system, held the first event in its two-part “Know your Rights” series about housing and employment laws. The second event will take place on Sept. 15th. Register here.   Out for Justice has been an OSI […]

On Sunday, CBS Sunday Morning included a segment focused on gun violence in Baltimore City and included interviews with Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, Daniel Webster of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy, and Safe Streets site coordinator Corey Winfield. You can watch the full segment here.

Last night, Mayor Brandon Scott swore in six members of the newly-formed Local Control Advisory Board, which will study the proposed transition of the Baltimore Police Department from state to local control. Among the appointees are four members of the OSI-supported Coalition for Justice, Safety, and Jobs, including Ray Kelly, executive director of the Citizen’s Policing […]

On Friday, Mayor Brandon Scott and a wide range of public officials gathered at East Baltimore’s Rose Street Community Center, founded by 2000 OSI Community Fellow Clayton Guyton, to announce the release of his Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan. The plan includes a vast expansion of violence prevention programs like Safe Streets, which have a demonstrated […]

Yesterday, OSI’s Scott Nolen joined Dr. Kaye Whitehead on the Today with Dr. Kaye show to discuss emerging trends in the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Delta variant, and vaccination efforts as part of the Baltimore Equitable Vaccination Initiative. Listen to the full segment here.