Audacious Ideas

 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of OSI Baltimore and our final year of operation. As we wind down, we asked our grantees and partners to share their reflections about our collective impact and ...

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/09/our-shared-impact-a-collection-of-reflections/

 OSI-Baltimore continues to work towards a responsible wind down. Below are key updates and a overview of what to expect in the months ahead.  Our work to date has included the following:  Lev...

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/04/osi-responsible-wind-down-update-4-21-23-recent-developments-upcoming-executive-transition-the-work-ahead/

Dear OSI-Baltimore Community, Thank you for your ongoing support of OSI–Baltimore.   As part of our effort to document and celebrate the impact of our work over the last 25 years, we want to ...

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/03/celebrating-25-years-share-your-voice/

Dear OSI-Baltimore Partner, I am writing as a native of Baltimore and a lover and champion of her people. I am writing to you as someone who has publicly and privately celebrated your efforts to ...

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/02/a-message-from-osi-baltimore-seeding-the-future-of-social-justice-philanthropy/

The Open Society Foundations announced today that later this year it will close Open Society Institute-Baltimore, which has operated locally for 25 years, advancing criminal justice reform, civic...

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/02/osf-to-close-osi-baltimore-after-25-years-will-invest-20-million-to-seed-the-future-of-social-justice-philanthropy/

The post Could overdose prevention sites be in Maryland’s future? appeared first on Open Society Institute - Baltimore .

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/02/could-overdose-prevention-sites-be-in-marylands-future/

University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) has selected Open Society Institute-Baltimore to receive its annual Diversity Award, “presente...

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/01/black-law-students-association-selects-osi-for-diversity-award/

The post West Baltimore garage featured in Jim Crow-era ‘Green Book’ envisioned as food hall, coworking space appeared first on Open Society Institute - Baltimore .

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/01/west-baltimore-garage-featured-in-jim-crow-era-green-book-envisioned-as-food-hall-coworking-space/

The post Out for Justice: how one Baltimore organization is making change for returning residents appeared first on Open Society Institute - Baltimore .

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/01/out-for-justice-how-one-baltimore-organization-is-making-change-for-returning-residents/

Last week, WMAR profiled 2022 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow Terry “Uncle T” Williams, who is expanding his program, Challenge to Change, a youth mentoring initiative targeted to youth at ris...

https://www.osibaltimore.org/2023/01/wmar-profiles-osi-fellow-terry-uncle-t-williams/