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There’s No Place Like Home
Imagine children coming home from school and finding their mother or father gone — detained in a jail in Frederick, about to be deported. November’s election brought swee… -
New Employees
Katy Caldwell is our new Program Administrative Specialist for the Community Fellowships & Initiatives Program. Prior to joining OSI-Baltimore, Katy was the Program M… -
Seeking Solutions
OSI brings together hundreds of Baltimoreans to speak directly to new leaders and craft a community-driven agenda. The weather was cold and dreary on December 10, 2016, b… -
Solutions Summit Forum Recap: Behavioral Health
Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen gave the official welcome at the Solutions Summit Behavioral Health Forum at the War Memorial Building on October 1, layi… -
Solutions Summit Forum Recap: Justice
The second half-day forum to be held in advance of the Solutions Summit was on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and more than 100 people came together on October 22 to debat… -
Solutions Summit Forum Recap: Jobs
The final half-day forum held in advance of the Solutions Summit was on jobs – a broad topic that touches on many different areas in need of improvement or change in Balt… -
Solution Summit Action Plan
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 1. Conduct a full landscape scan of treatment and service providers throughout the city, including eligibility requirements, insurance types accepted, l… -
Profile of a very young donor: Amaal Shah-Nelson
In November, OSI-Baltimore began receiving monthly donations from Amaal Shah-Nelson (ABOVE, RIGHT), a six-year-old Baltimore City resident and a student at Mount Washingt… -
Community Fellowships Program Turns 20
In 2017, OSI-Baltimore marks 20 years of the Community Fellowships program, now a network of more than 180 individuals who have established some of the most respected and… -
2016 Fellows Update
Deborah Ramsey A longtime Baltimore City police officer, Deborah Ramsey has seen the best and the worst of people. She’s working to foster the “best” through the Penn Nor… -
Remembering Clinton Bamberger
OSI-Baltimore is deeply saddened by the passing of Clinton Bamberger, emeritus professor of the University of Maryland School of Law and OSI-Baltimore founding board memb… -
Safe City Baltimore
In response to the President’s executive orders and a series of raids in the Baltimore region by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, the OSI-Balt… -
Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy Collective
Evelyn (Chavi) Rhodes founded the Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy Collective (BYKE) in 2014 to provide resources and space for Baltimore City youth who had been excluded f…
Open Society Institute – Baltimore
Open Society Institute (OSI) – Baltimore : Audacious Thinking For Lasting Change
