Unified Efforts, Inc. a violence prevention project started by 2016 Community Fellow Debbie Ramsey,recently announced its summer youth violence prevention program in the Penn-North Community. The program, which focuses on out-of-school time, will provide free summer activities for West Baltimore/Penn North students, including free indoor swimming lessons, cooking for nutrition classes, art, music, introduction to […]
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Seeking Solutions: Audacious Thinking Spring 2017
Friday, June 02, 2017Read the Spring 2017 issue of OSI-Baltimore’s newsletter, Audacious Thinking. “Seeking Solutions” recaps the 2016 Solutions Summit, introduces readers to OSI’s youngest donor and celebrates 20 years of Community Fellowships. Check out the new issue here.
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The latest from some of the 2016 OSI Community Fellows cohort
Thursday, May 04, 2017A few updates from our 2016 cohort of Community Fellows This summer Unified Efforts, the violence prevention project started by Community Fellow Debbie Ramsey, will provide a free summer out of school program for West Baltimore/Penn North students, including free indoor swimming lessons, cooking for nutrition classes, art, music, introduction to aviation and aerospace museum […]
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OSI Fellow Terry Hickey to lead Pugh’s Office of Human Services
Tuesday, April 11, 2017Terry Hickey, a 1998 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow, has been named Director of the Mayor’s Office of Human Services. Hickey was one of OSI-Baltimore’s first Community Fellows. In 1998, he used his fellowship to develop Community Law In Action (CLIA), a youth development non-profit affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore. CLIA’s trains […]
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OSI-Baltimore grantee Holistic Life Foundation on PBS News Hour
Wednesday, February 22, 2017Watch this PBS News Hour feature on OSI-Baltimore grantee Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) and their work at Patterson High School. The organization was developed as a way to give Baltimore City students the tools to reduce stress and develop peaceful conflict resolution skills through programs that teach mindfulness and meditation. Patterson High School principal, Vance […]
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WYPR’s On the Record Begins Series on OSI’s 2016 Community Fellows
Monday, November 21, 2016Last week, WYPR’s On the Record began a series of profiles about OSI-Baltimore 2016 Community Fellows. They started with a profile of Melissa Badeker and her project, the Baltimore Teachers Supply Swap, a service that collects supplies from teachers, schools, businesses and individuals and redistributes them –for free — to those who need them. The Swap was started after Badeker, with […]
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US Department of Health and Human Services to expand opioid treatment coverage
Friday, November 18, 2016The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would be expanding access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorders by allowing nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to prescribe buprenorphine. “Today’s action will provide even more access to medication-assisted treatment,” said Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) […]
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Heart of the School awards recognize outstanding principals
Wednesday, May 25, 2016The first annual Heart of the School Awards took place at the Hippodrome Theatre on Monday. Among the 11 finalists and 5 winners was Christopher Battaglia (pictured), principal at Benjamin Franklin High School, one of OSI’s “High Value High Schools.” As part of the High Value High Schools program, Battaglia’s school is working with the […]
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Talking About Race: Black Politics and Neoliberalism
Tuesday, May 24, 2016June 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., at Turpin-Lamb Theatre at Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center (directions and parking info) In his recent book, “Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics,” Johns Hopkins University political science professor Lester Spence charts the negative effects of the capitalist “hustle harder” mentality on African-American […]
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Clemency is a key tool for reducing mass incarceration
Friday, May 20, 2016Criminal justice reform advocates and community members alike were handed a win this week in Maryland when Gov. Larry Hogan signed the Justice Reinvestment Act, but an op-ed published in today’s Baltimore Sun urges the next president to act more quickly on clemency efforts at the federal level. Nkechi Taifa, Advocacy Director for Criminal Justice […]
