OSI Series Examines Epidemic of Student Absence
September 19, 2008
It might be this simple: if children do not attend school, they miss the opportunity to learn and succeed. OSI-Baltimore's three-part study addresses the issue of student absence in our public schools and what actions can be taken to remedy the problem. more

Not Present or Accounted For: The Attendance Crisis in Baltimore Schools
Fall 2008
 AUDIO
This provocative 12-part radio series, supported by OSI-Baltimore, uncovers the reasons why kids are absent. Can we reverse the epidemic?  more

Not Present or Accounted For: Extended Interviews
November 3, 2008
 AUDIO
Interviews with Dr. Andres Alonso, Mayor Sheila Dixon, students, and others, recorded in conjunction with the radio series “Not Present or Accounted For: The Attendance Crisis in Baltimore Schools,” which was supported by a grant from OSI-Baltimore.  more

Audacious Ideas: Changing Baltimore
 VIDEO  
After ten years, OSI-Baltimore celebrates a decade of implementing audacious ideas to create social justice. Watch the video that talks about how OSI-Baltimore works to create lasting change.  more

Patrice Hutton
Patrice will establish the Writers in Baltimore Schools program at the Margaret Brent Elementary School, providing in-class, after-school, and summer creative writing workshops, in addition to literary events throughout the neighborhood.  more

Jon A. Kaplan
Jon will create the Baltimore Fitness Academy (bMOREfit) and partner with YO! Baltimore to train and mentor marginalized teens in a fitness and nutritional educational program.  more

Laurie Kendall
Laurie will establish a center to help women develop the practical skills needed to become active and successful participants in their own lives, homes, businesses, and communities.  more

Cydne Kimbrough
Cydne will use the Baltimore Transgender Antidiscrimination ordinance as the foundation to create a support system that advocates for more transgender opportunities in housing, education, and employment.  more

Ashley Minner
Ashley will use art as a tool to engage Native American youth in a structured, out-of-school, community-based arts program.  more

Ivy Parsons
Ivy will create the Interfaith Garden Art Project, a place to honor a local school’s champion chess players and as a sustainable environmental green space for all the community to enjoy.  more

Joyce Smith
Joyce will educate low-income residents on accessing nutritional food as well as develop innovative activities and projects that create healthy lifestyles.  more

Shirell Tyner
Shirell will establish the HIV/AIDS Outreach and Prevention Campaign in northwest Baltimore, targeting women most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS: ex-offenders, substance abusers and distributors, prostitutes, and the homeless.  more