BALTIMORE—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Danielle Torain as the new director of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore, effective Jan. 21, 2020. A proud Baltimore native, Torain brings a decade’s experience in the public, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors to the job. A graduate of the University of Richmond and the University […]
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New Impact Series photo essay features Black Women Build-Baltimore
Monday, January 13, 2020Black Women Build-Baltimore, an organization started by 2018 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Shelley Halstead is featured this month in our Impact Photo Series. Halstead started the organization specifically to help black women gain skills to renovate and maintain homes and train them in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing, which will equip them to enter the construction sector–a […]
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Check out OSI’s latest newsletter, including “Five Lessons Learned with OSI’s Community Fellows”
Monday, January 13, 2020The latest edition of OSI-Baltimore’s newsletter, Audacious Thinking, is now available online. For the cover story, Weaving a Network for Baltimore: Five Lessons Learned with the OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows, Didi Goldenhar updated her 2016 white paper about OSI’s Fellowships Network, describing how the Fellows Advisory Board helped develop connections and collaborations among the more than […]
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Overdose Prevention Sites experts come to Maryland as General Assembly starts session
Thursday, January 09, 2020Next week, people who have worked in Overdose Prevention Sites in Vancouver and Barcelona are coming to Maryland to talk about their experiences and to encourage local lawmakers, who came to Annapolis for the opening of the 2020 legislative session this week, to consider opening such sites in Maryland. Beverly Lightfoot and Russell Maynard, who […]
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2019 OSI Community Fellows Featured on WYPR
Tuesday, January 07, 2020Each year, WYPR’s On The Record features interviews with the latest cohort of OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows. This year, fellow Ana Rodney kicked off the 2019 cohort in December when she spoke to host Sheilah Kast about her organization, MOMCares, which offers postpartum doula support to low-income, single women of color in the NICU. Listen here. […]
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WYPR profiles 2019 OSI Community Fellows
Monday, December 23, 2019This morning, WYPR’s On the Record with Sheilah Kast began it’s annual series of profiles of the new cohort of OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows! The first segment includes Kast’s interview with Pamela King, director of OSI’s Community Fellowships Program, and 2016 OSI Community Fellow Gianna Rodriguez, founder of Baltimore Youth Arts. In the second segment, Kast […]
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Candidates to respond to Blueprint for Baltimore priorities at Mayoral, City Council President forums in February, March, April
Tuesday, December 17, 2019BALTIMORE—Candidates for Mayor and City Council President will be asked to respond to the priorities of Baltimore residents, as identified by the Blueprint for Baltimore survey, in non-partisan forums planned for February, March, and April, in the lead-up to primary elections on April 26th. The first Blueprint for Baltimore Mayoral Forum will be held on […]
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OSI Sponsors Decriminalizing Disability Symposium
Wednesday, December 11, 2019On November 21-22, OSI-Baltimore staff Tara Huffman and Michael Camlin attended the OSI-sponsored symposium, “Decriminalizing Disability: The Case for Crisis Response Services,” hosted by Disability Rights Maryland. The first day included presentations from innovative and effective crisis response and behavioral health programs around the country that shared information about their models and how they overcame […]
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Writers in Baltimore Schools celebrates 10 years
Wednesday, December 11, 2019On Sunday, December 8, Writers in Baltimore Schools, an organization founded by 2008 OSI Community Fellow Patrice Hutton, celebrated 10 years of empowering the voices of students in Baltimore City Schools. Hutton founded WBS to offer provide creative writing opportunities for Baltimore City middle and high school students. In her remarks, Hutton spoke of her […]
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Legislators speak to OSI’s Leadership Council
Tuesday, December 10, 2019This morning, Del. Brooke Lierman from the 46th district in Baltimore’s City, Del. Shelly Hettleman from the 11th district in Baltimore County, and Shamoyia Gardiner, the Education Policy Director of Advocates for Children and Youth, joined OSI-Baltimore’s Leadership Council to discuss key issues in advance of the 2020 legislative session. Gardiner and Del. Lierman laid […]
