Forum on Getting Kids to School: Truancy and School Engagement
Press Release
April 21, 2008
OSI-Baltimore hosted the fourth forum in its series about truancy—Daniel Losen discussed how the federal No Child Left Behind Act can push students out of school and lead to higher truancy and drop-out rates. more

Forum on Getting Kids to School: School Engagement and Truancy
March 17, 2008
OSI-Baltimore hosts a discussion about the relationship between truancy and adolescent health, featuring Kimberly Henry, assistant professor of psychology at Colorado State University.  more

OSI-Baltimore Seeks Applicants for 2008 Community Fellowships
Press Release
January 21, 2008
OSI will award up to 10 fellowships to individuals committed to improving the circumstances of Baltimore's underserved communities. more

Audacious Thinking: Spring 2008
The Spring 2008 issue of Audacious Thinking highlights two OSI-Baltimore grantees who are building programs for summer learning, as well as a fact sheet about buprenorphine treatment. more

Missing School: Habitual Truancy and Chronic Absence
Jane Sundius and Molly Farneth
January 31, 2008
This OSI paper demonstrates how schools perpetuate a cycle of disengagement and absenteeism with indifferent or punitive responses to chronic absence. more

Baltimore Community Fellowships Brochure
November 2007
Find out how the program works, how Community Fellows are chosen, and how our alumni are changing Baltimore. more

Miriam Avins
Freelance Editor establishing a land trust for community-managed gardens and open space.... more

Kristina Berdan
Teacher guiding a group of students who are running their own youth center...  more

Paige Fitz
Accountant working with young women in Sandtown to develop education and career goals...  more

Ashley Milburn
Artist launching an art-based project to reunite divided west Baltimore communities displaced by the dead-ended Route 40 highway...  more

Irene Muñiz
Community Organizer helping low-wage workers improve their working conditions and economic stability...  more

Deborah Patterson
Artist establishing the ARTEnriches program for youth in the Pimlico community of northwest Baltimore...  more

Nicholas Petr
Carpenter helping to strengthen the Indypendent Reader, a grassroots media project that serves as a forum for community leaders...  more

Shantel Randolph
Office Clerk establishing an advocacy organization for youth in foster care and "aging out" of the system...  more

Just Words
 AUDIO
Just Words probes the lives of the area's most underprivileged citizens as they grapple with a variety of issues, allowing listeners to hear about their challenges and struggles first-hand. more