Pilot program focuses on areas hardest hit by heroin addiction Media Advisory Evan Serpick, Open Society Institute 410.234.1091 This week, 500 Baltimore police officers will be equipped with the life-saving drug Naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses upon ingestion. The cost of the drug was covered by a Open Society Institute grant to Behavioral Health Systems of […]
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WYPR series “On the Watch” examines the practices and culture of policing in Baltimore
Tuesday, September 01, 2015Tomorrow morning at 5:51 a.m. and 7:51 a.m., during Morning Edition, WYPR will air the third installment of its year-long series, “On the Watch: Fixing the Fractured Relationship Between Baltimore’s Police and Its Communities.” The series is funded by the Open Society Institute’s Baltimore Justice Fund.
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OSI-funded Bard School welcomes its first students
Monday, August 31, 2015Baltimore Sun education reporter Erica Green has a great story today about Bard High School Early College, a new Baltimore City public school that welcomes its first students this year. The school, which was established with the help of an OSI-Baltimore grant to the Fund for Educational Excellence, allows Baltimore City students to graduate in […]
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Open Society Institute-Baltimore Responds to Killing of Freddie Gray; Announces Baltimore Justice Fund
Friday, May 08, 2015In response to the recent unrest surrounding the death of Freddie Gray, the Open Society Institute-Baltimore announced today the creation of the Baltimore Justice Fund.
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OSI-Baltimore launches the Baltimore Justice Fund
Wednesday, May 06, 2015The fund will support focused interventions to improve police accountability and police-community relationships, reduce the number of Baltimoreans caught up in the criminal justice system, and engage Marylanders, especially young people, in advocacy for programs and policies to increase opportunity and racial justice.
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Tara Huffman on PBS NewsHour
Wednesday, May 06, 2015OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Director Tara Huffman was interviewed on PBS NewsHour about life in Sandtown-Winchester, Freddie Gray’s neighborhood. Watch the video.
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OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows respond
Wednesday, May 06, 2015We’re proud of the many OSI-Baltimore Community Fellows who work in Baltimore every day. Here are just a few articles/radio interviews profiling the work of our fellows during the Baltimore Uprising.
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Statement by OSI-Baltimore in Response to the Killing of Freddie Gray
Tuesday, April 28, 2015OSI-Baltimore stands ready, with resources and expertise, to make certain changes are made to the underlying root causes that have troubled our city for decades. For 17 years, we have worked with hundreds of grantees, Community Fellows and other partners throughout the city to bring about just policies and practices that respect the rights and advances the potential of each resident.
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A Call For Applicants: 2016 Baltimore Community Fellowships
Monday, January 05, 2015The Baltimore Community Fellowships Program was established to assist individuals wishing to apply their education, life experiences and professional experiences to serve marginalized communities.
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OSI-Baltimore Selects 11 New Community Fellows
Tuesday, November 11, 2014OSI-Baltimore awards $660,000 in grants to social entrepreneurs who will lead innovative strategies to build a stronger city.
