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Children & Youth

OSI-Baltimore
OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. more

U.S. Justice Fund
The U.S. Justice Fund is the cornerstone of OSI's strong commitment to reducing the excessive reliance on punishment and incarceration in the United States, and to promoting fair and equal treatment in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. more

Youth Initiative
OSI's Youth Initiative aims to develop the analytical, research, and self-expression skills that young people need to think critically about their world and to engage actively in U.S. society. more

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Economic Development

Community Fellowships
Community Fellowships are awarded to individuals who wish to employ their educational and professional attainments in service to disadvantaged communities in the New York City and Baltimore, Maryland areas. more

OSI-Baltimore
OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. more

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Education

Community Fellowships
Community Fellowships are awarded to individuals who wish to employ their educational and professional attainments in service to disadvantaged communities in the New York City and Baltimore, Maryland areas. more

Youth Initiative
OSI's Youth Initiative aims to develop the analytical, research, and self-expression skills that young people need to think critically about their world and to engage actively in U.S. society. more

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Governance

Governance & Public Policy
The Program on Governance and Public Policy seeks to strengthen the institutions of representative democracy in the United States, to reengage citizens in public life, and to ensure that public services respond to public needs. more

OSI-Baltimore
OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. more

OSI-Washington, D.C.
OSI-Washington, D.C. focuses on civil liberties in the United States as well as other domestic and international policy issues, including globalization, criminal justice reform, human rights, and women's rights. more

Project on Death In America
The Project on Death in America (PDIA) seeks to transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement by fostering innovations in the provision of care, public education, professional education, and public policy. more

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Health

Community Fellowships
Community Fellowships are awarded to individuals who wish to employ their educational and professional attainments in service to disadvantaged communities in the New York City and Baltimore, Maryland areas. more

Medicine as a Profession
The Medicine as a Profession initiative (MAP) seeks to invigorate the principles of professionalism in medicine to advance trust, quality, and integrity in the United States. more

OSI-Baltimore
OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. more

Program on Reproductive Health and Rights
The Program on Reproductive Health and Rights promotes reproductive freedom as a core element in advancing women’s civil liberties and human rights, and in securing larger social and economic opportunities for women and their families. more

Project on Death In America
The Project on Death in America (PDIA) seeks to transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement by fostering innovations in the provision of care, public education, professional education, and public policy. more

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Human Rights

Community Fellowships
Community Fellowships are awarded to individuals who wish to employ their educational and professional attainments in service to disadvantaged communities in the New York City and Baltimore, Maryland areas. more

OSI-Washington, D.C.
OSI-Washington, D.C. focuses on civil liberties in the United States as well as other domestic and international policy issues, including globalization, criminal justice reform, human rights, and women's rights. more

Program on Reproductive Health and Rights
The Program on Reproductive Health and Rights promotes reproductive freedom as a core element in advancing women’s civil liberties and human rights, and in securing larger social and economic opportunities for women and their families. more

U.S. Justice Fund
The U.S. Justice Fund is the cornerstone of OSI's strong commitment to reducing the excessive reliance on punishment and incarceration in the United States, and to promoting fair and equal treatment in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. more

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Law & Justice

Community Fellowships
Community Fellowships are awarded to individuals who wish to employ their educational and professional attainments in service to disadvantaged communities in the New York City and Baltimore, Maryland areas. more

OSI-Baltimore
OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. more

OSI-Washington, D.C.
OSI-Washington, D.C. focuses on civil liberties in the United States as well as other domestic and international policy issues, including globalization, criminal justice reform, human rights, and women's rights. more

U.S. Justice Fund
The U.S. Justice Fund is the cornerstone of OSI's strong commitment to reducing the excessive reliance on punishment and incarceration in the United States, and to promoting fair and equal treatment in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. more

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Media, Arts & Culture

Governance & Public Policy
The Program on Governance and Public Policy seeks to strengthen the institutions of representative democracy in the United States, to reengage citizens in public life, and to ensure that public services respond to public needs. more

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Women

Program on Reproductive Health and Rights
The Program on Reproductive Health and Rights promotes reproductive freedom as a core element in advancing women’s civil liberties and human rights, and in securing larger social and economic opportunities for women and their families. more

U.S. Justice Fund
The U.S. Justice Fund is the cornerstone of OSI's strong commitment to reducing the excessive reliance on punishment and incarceration in the United States, and to promoting fair and equal treatment in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. more

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events

Lost Liberties: America in the Age of Ashcroft
New York, New York
Oct. 16, 2003
A panel of experts discussed and celebrated the publication of two new books that provide the first comprehensive overview of civil liberties in post-September 11, 2001 America. more

OSI Forum: The USA Patriot Act's Effect on Civil Liberties
OSI-New York
Jun. 11, 2003
Experts on immigration and homeland security discuss the U.S. Justice Department's detention policies and related antiterrorist legislation.  more

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publications

Ideas for an Open Society: Murder by Public Policy
August 2003
OSI Fellow Eric Klinenberg discusses his book, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, and analyzes policy changes made in the aftermath of the July 1995 catastrophe that killed 700 people.  more

Ideas for an Open Society: The Promise of Equal Justice
March 2003
In the March 2003 issue of Ideas For An Open Society, Stephen B. Bright, director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, an OSI grantee, examines the promise of indigent defense 40 years after the landmark Gideon decision.  more

more publications

Featured Publication

U.S. Programs 2002 Annual Report
A comprehensive survey of the activities and funding priorities of OSI's U.S. Programs during 2002. more

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