OSI-Baltimore Announces New Community Fellows
Press Release
November 9, 2009
Eight extraordinary social visionaries have been selected as Baltimore Community Fellows.

Philanthropist George Soros Gives $5 Million to OSI–Baltimore to Provide Relief from Recession for Baltimore’s Most Vulnerable
October 19, 2009
Philanthropist George Soros is giving $5 million to the Open Society Institute-Baltimore to provide services for thousands of the city’s most vulnerable residents who have been particularly hurt by the recession.

Share Your Story About Race
September 1, 2009
OSI-Baltimore is collecting personal stories about race for an upcoming radio series on WYPR's Maryland Morning and a live evening of storytelling produced by The Stoop Storytelling Series.

Poll Finds Marylanders Willing to Pay More in Health Care Premiums to Increase Access, Affordability to Addiction Treatment
Press Release
September 23, 2009
The Open Society Institute-Baltimore released the results of a local poll that shows broad support for increasing access to alcohol and drug addiction treatment.

OSI-Baltimore Launches "Talking About Race" Series
August 13, 2009
OSI-Baltimore's yearlong speaker series probes how Americans talk (or do not talk) about race.

Stoop Stories
Baltimore, MD
February 22, 2010
In partnership with OSI-Baltimore, this performance series will present “Across the Divide: Stories About Race in Baltimore,” a show about being black and white in Baltimore.

Is America Really Post-Racial? A Screening of "New Muslim Cool"
Baltimore, MD
March 2, 2010
Featuring an interactive spoken word performance, film screening, and panel discussion, this event will examine the emerging worldview of a new generation of Americans.

Ear to the Ground
 AUDIO
This yearlong radio series, supported by the Open Society Institute, features conversations with six individuals navigating Baltimore's schools, addiction treatment centers, social services, and criminal justice system.

Across the Divide: Stories about Race in Baltimore
 AUDIO
This Maryland Morning radio series features is produced in collaboration with OSI-Baltimore, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and The Stoop Storytelling series.

How Does White America Talk About Race?
Baltimore, MD
December 1, 2009
 VIDEO  
Rich Benjamin, author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America, and Tim Wise, author of Between Barack & A Hard Place: Racism & White Denial in the Age of Obama, discuss white America's struggle to talk about race.

Can We Talk About How Race Affects Our Classrooms?
Baltimore, MD
November 2, 2009
 AUDIO
Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College, will talk with David Hornbeck, former Philadelphia superintendent of schools, about how race plays out in American classrooms.

Do We Still Need to Talk About Race?
Baltimore, MD
September 16, 2009
 AUDIO
Ben Jealous, executive director of the NAACP, and Gerald Torres, professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the assumption that Americans now live in a "post-racial" era.

Talking About Race Now: How to Build Success Without Forgetting the Struggle
Baltimore, Maryland
June 4, 2009
 AUDIO
Journalist Gwen Ifill and law professor Sherrilyn A. Ifill discuss this pivotal moment in American history and its potential for advancing equity and social justice.