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This week, the Labs@Light City will host a series of innovation convenings focused on health, education, art, the environment, food, and the maker movement. Tomorrow, EduLab kicks off with Karen Webber, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Education and Youth Development program moderating a panel on “Restorative Practices in Schools.” The panelists include Atman and Ali Smith, of Holistic Life Foundation, […]

This Saturday, April 7, 2017 OSI Community Fellow Eric Jackson will co-host a screening of “Baltimore’s Strange Fruit: A Story of Food Apartheid and the Struggle for Sovereignty” at the Pleasant Hope Baptist Church. The film, directed by Jackson and Maddie Hardy, explores the intersections of food, land, and race and class politics through personal […]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), and the Consent Decree Monitoring Team are currently in the process of reviewing and revising the BPD’s policies and procedures as part of the ongoing implementation of the Consent Decree and are looking for community input on how to improve and strengthen these policies. […]

This week, the Baltimore City Health Department and OSI-funded Behavioral Health System Baltimore secured funding to open up Maryland’s first stabilization center, a safe space for people to go when they need to get medical treatment related to substance use disorders. According to the Baltimore Sun, the center will also offer services for long-term substance […]

Generation Progress, a national organization that works with young people to promote progressive solutions to political and social challenges is now accepting applications for the FREE 5th Annual #Fight4AFuture Summit taking place in Baltimore May 5-7, 2018, bringing together youth advocates working on gun violence prevention and criminal justice reform. Last year, Generation Progress brought together more than […]

In 2007, OSI-Baltimore convened the first meeting of its Leadership Council, an eclectic, engaged group of civic and community leaders who shared a commitment and a passion for Baltimore—and who actively want to be part of solutions for its future. When we established the Council, the intent was to involve participants in active discussion with […]

This week, the Daily Record published a commentary written by 2014 OSI Community Fellow, Renita Seabrook, the program director for Nonprofit Management and Community Leadership at the University of Baltimore’s College of Public Affairs and an associate professor at the University of Baltimore School of Criminal Justice. Seabrook argues that the residents of Baltimore can and […]

This week, 2016 OSI Community Fellow, Melissa Badeker and her program, Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap were featured in a great episode of Returning the Favor, a web series developed by Baltimore native Mike Rowe. In the series, which is streamed on Facebook, Rowe travels the country seeking people who are making a difference in their […]

On Thursday, September 28, the University of Baltimore will host “Structural Inequality and Public Services in Baltimore” featuring 2012 OSI Community Fellow, Lawrence Brown. Brown, whose project, “You’re the Quarterback: Gameplan for Life” aimed to strengthen the families of black men in Baltimore by focusing on barriers to employment, increasing health insurance coverage and providing […]