Today, The Daily Record announced the 2013 Most Admired CEOs. Diana Morris, Director of OSI-Baltimore, was among the winners. The award recognizes men and women who have excelled professionally and in serving their communities.
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New director of U.S. Programs announced
Monday, June 11, 2012After an extensive national search, last Thursday the Open Society Foundations announced the appointment of Kenneth Zimmerman as the new executive director of US Programs.
Zimmerman will take office on July 9th and, as his transition in New York begins, Diana Morris will be returning to OSI-Baltimore full time after a year of serving as the interim executive director.
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The truth about audacity
Monday, January 03, 2011If you have big goals for significant and lasting change in Baltimore, you need to be audacious. But in addition, you have to partner with patience and persistence—and with the many others in our city who share the vision of opportunity for all. So our goals for 2011 are the same as they have been […]
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Share your story
Wednesday, September 29, 2010Have a holiday tale to tell? Our friends at the Stoop Storytelling Series are seeking storytellers for their live holiday radio shows at Center Stage. Email info@stoopstorytelling.com with your story idea. Learn more about The Stoop at stoopstorytelling.com.
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Celebrate a champion of social justice
Tuesday, September 28, 2010Our dear friend Clinton Bamberger is stepping down from the OSI-Baltimore board after bringing expertise, wisdom, a sense of outrage and humor to it over the last 13 years. We can think of no better way to recognize Clinton and his many contributions to us and the broader community than to name a Baltimore Community […]
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Have you seen these signs?
Friday, September 10, 2010For the first time in many years, drug addiction treatment slots are available to city residents. For years individuals who needed treatment had to wait for long periods of time until a treatment slot became available. OSI-Baltimore grantee and partner, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems (BSAS) has launched an outreach campaign to fill the free slots, […]
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Real opportunity
Friday, September 03, 2010A Civic Works’ retrofit crew works to make a home more energy efficient. Civic Works is one of four nonprofit organizations that received substantial grants from the Open Society Institute’s Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation. Read more about Civic Works and the grants in the latest issue of our newsletter.
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Talking about race
Thursday, November 05, 2009Editor’s note: At Monday’s Talking About Race event “Can we talk about how race affects our classrooms?” with Beverly Daniel Tatum and David Hornbeck, we received an unprecedented number of questions from the audience. It was clear that audience members wanted to continue the conversation. Towards that end, we’re posting some of those questions here […]
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What’s your favorite audacious idea of 2008?
Monday, December 22, 2008What are your three favorite Audacious Ideas for Baltimore? Audaciousideas.org is meant to be a forum for debate about critical ideas and solutions to our city’s most challenging problems. Please let us know which three ideas you think have the most potential for making Baltimore a city where opportunity thrives for all its residents. Just […]
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More splendid ideas for Baltimore
Monday, December 15, 2008As we mentioned last week, because there have been so many great ideas generated on the blog, it was pretty much impossible for our staff to agree on just one—or two, or three. But we are “re-posting” several more this week that we felt deserved a second read. Please take the time, as the year […]
