Archive

Eddie and Sylvia Brown were recently named “Best Philanthropists” in the Baltimore Sun’s “Best of 2019” list. The Browns established the Brown Family Foundation in 1994 to support organizations that address issues surrounding health, the arts, and K-12 education. Eddie, who is founder and CEO of Brown Capital Management, is a longtime OSI-Baltimore Advisory Board […]

Dr. Leana Wen, who became president of Planned Parenthood in September after a landmark tenure as Baltimore’s Health Commissioner, was named to Time magazine’s #Time100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Last June, at the first event in its 20th Anniversary Speaker Series, OSI presented Dr. Wen with a “Bold […]

Dr. Lawrence Brown, Morgan State University Professor and 2012 OSI Community Fellow, appeared on the season finale of the BET documentary series, “Finding Justice,” hosted by The Wire actor Michael K. Williams.  In “A Fight Against Economic and Environmental Apartheid,” Brown talks about the far-reaching consequences of not addressing the lead paint crisis in Baltimore. […]

Last night at Clay Pots, a West Baltimore community space founded by 2009 OSI Community Fellow Dwayne Hess, the 2017 cohort of OSI Community Fellows marked the end of their 18-month Fellowships by talking about what they accomplished and the work that lays ahead. The event started with an uplifting and energizing performance by the […]

Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy Collective, or BYKE, which was started by 2015 OSI Community Fellow, Chavi Rhodes, will celebrate its 5th anniversary on April 26th with a free event. The celebration will also include a farewell to Rhodes, who is handing over the executive directorship to Jasper Barnes. Rhodes co-founded BYKE as a way to […]

This week, Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners unanimously passed a policy that will allow trans students to use their preferred pronouns, access the restrooms that align with their gender, and update school records to reflect their gender. In March the Baltimore City Council unanimously passed a resolution calling on Baltimore City Public Schools to […]

Tara Huffman, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, participated in a panel called “Criminal Justice Reform in the 21st Century: The Path Forward” at the 23rd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington.D.C. Huffman, (pictured, second from left), spoke primarily […]

2018 OSI Community Fellow Brittany Young was featured on a CBS Evening news segment recently to talk about her program, B-360, an organization that uses dirt bike culture to introduce young people to educational and career opportunities in STEM fields. “I always hear that STEM is boring, it’s hard. And I was like, ‘No, we […]