FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2019 CONTACT: Evan Serpick, OSI-Baltimore 410-234-1091 BALTIMORE – Diana Morris will officially step down from her position as director of Open Society Institute-Baltimore in June to pursue new opportunities. Deputy Director Tracy Brown will serve as acting director in her absence. “Diana’s deep, tireless […]
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OSI’s Tara Huffman advocates for micro-policing in the Sun, at Public Safety Task Force
Thursday, February 21, 2019Last week, Tara Huffman, director of OSI’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, co-wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed with Shane Bryan of the Ednor Gardens-Lakeside Community Association, asking “Is community-driven policing the answer to Baltimore’s problems?“ As Huffman and Bryan describe in the op-ed, “Micro-community policing plans allow each community to partner with local law enforcement to […]
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School Climate Collaborative holds first meeting of 2019
Thursday, February 21, 2019On Tuesday, the OSI-supported School Climate Collaborative held its first meeting of 2019 at the offices of the Family League of Baltimore, discussing developments during the legislative session in Annapolis and other updates. Khalilah Harrington-Slater of the Family League announced that Shantay McKinily, director of the Positive Schools Center (which OSI founded at the University of […]
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2018 Fellows cohort gather to share progress, ideas
Tuesday, February 19, 2019This morning, the 2018 cohort of OSI Community Fellows held their first monthly gathering to discuss the progress of their projects. Each month, two Fellows host the gathering and present to the group about their work. This month, Brittany Young and Fred Watkins presented at Mervo High School, one of the schools that Watkins works […]
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Scott Nolen talks about working toward health equity on Comcast Newsmakers
Thursday, February 14, 2019Scott Nolen, the director of Open Society Institute’s Addiction and Health Equity program, appeared on Comcast Newsmakers to discuss the history of the war on drugs, efforts to increase access to treatment for drug users most in danger of overdosing, and the role of Open Society’s work in Baltimore to national efforts. Comcast Newsmakers segments […]
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Capacity crowd joins talk about the legacy of Plessy vs. Ferguson
Thursday, February 14, 2019Last night, more than 700 people came to the Church of the Redeemer to hear Steve Luxenberg, author of the new book, Separate: The Story of Plessy vs. Ferguson and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation, talk about the history of the case and its lasting impact on the country with Chief Judge Robert Bell, […]
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Out of the Blocks profiles OSI-supported drug treatment van outside city jail
Wednesday, February 13, 2019Yesterday, WYPR’s Out of the Blocks, which profiles people living and working on different city blocks, focused on the PCARE Van, which the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute operates with support from Open Society Institute-Baltimore. OSI’s support for the van is part of the Addiction and Health Equity program’s strategy to reduce overdose by increasing access […]
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OSI Community Fellow’s Teacher Supply Swap featured on WBFF
Tuesday, February 05, 2019This week, WBFF featured 2016 OSI Community Fellow Melissa Badeker and her project, Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap, an organization that collects unused school supplies from teachers and gets them into the hands of other instructors and educators who can use them. Badeker and co-founder Kathleen Williams started the swap in part because they had so many […]
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Daily Record names OSI board member Alicia Wilson an “Influential Marylander”
Monday, February 04, 2019This week, the Daily Record announced its Influential Marylanders list; among the honorees is OSI Advisory Board member Alicia Wilson. Wilson is Vice President of Community Affairs and a legal advisor at Sagamore Development Company. Wilson previously appeared on the Baltimore Business Journal’s “National Influencers: Rising Stars” list, and was named in the Journal’s annual […]
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OSI Community Fellow Amy Tenney featured in Immaculata Magazine
Monday, February 04, 2019Recently, 2017 OSI Community Fellow Amy Tenney was featured in Immaculata Magazine, the alumni publication for Immaculata University, Tenney’s alma mater. Tenney’s fellowship, Healing and Community Integration Through Music: Refugees and Other Vulnerable Immigrants Program was designed to provide music therapy for those who are adjusting to life in the United States. Tenney is […]
