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About OSI-Baltimore
The Open Society Institute-Baltimore focuses on three intertwined problems: untreated drug addiction, overreliance on incarceration, and obstacles that impede youth from succeeding inside and outside the classroom. We also support the Community Fellows, a corps of social innovators who work to revitalize underserved communities.
Eight Innovative Individuals Awarded Coveted OSI-Baltimore Fellowships to Serve as Catalysts for Change
Press Release
November 1, 2011
This year’s Baltimore Community Fellowships include a free, community-based health clinic for extremely low-income people; a drop-in resource center for homeless youth; an alliance to help urban farmers gain access to information and resources; a program to provide legal help for detained non-citizens; a soccer, tutoring and mentoring program for refugees and immigrants; and an education program that uses therapy dogs to teach empathy and nonaggressive conflict resolution to young children.
How a Debate League Changes Young Lives
Debra Rubino
July 29, 2011
 BLOG
A high school teacher suggested that because of his "mouth and attitude," Jarrell Anderson might do well to join the Baltimore Urban Debate League. So he tried debate—and was forever changed.
ACLU, Open Society Foundations Ask State Board of Education to Address High Rates of Suspension
Press Release
May 25, 2011
Concerned about the continuing high, and disproportionate, level of suspensions in Maryland public schools and the lack of significant action to address the problem, the ACLU of Maryland and the Open Society Institute-Baltimore have written to Maryland State School Superintendent Nancy Grasmick and the Maryland State Board of Education seeking reform.
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Emily Datnoff
Datnoff will establish the Baltimore Deportation Defense Project to help lawyers who represent non-citizens understand the interplay between the criminal justice and immigration systems and effectively represent their clients. She will provide low-cost or pro bono services to represent detained non-citizens in the immigration system.
Andrew Gaddis
Gaddis will build upon the successes of the Charm City Clinic, a free community-based health center that he helped to establish in East Baltimore. Based on the model of the Men and Families Center, a community center that has been serving its neighborhood for over fifteen years, the clinic provides screenings, case management, health education, and community outreach.
Natalie Keegan
Keegan will improve and expand upon Kids-4-K9s, an education program that uses the natural bond between children and animals to teach youth to control their anger, find non-violent ways to solve conflicts and increase their ability to empathize. She will bring therapy dogs into two schools to encourage less aggressive behavior among city youth.
Maya Kosok
Kosok will create an alliance to help urban farmers across the city to gain access to information and resources—such as large equipment, labor and marketing—in a cost-effective manner to increase their productivity and success. The project will help create economic opportunity for city-based farmers with a larger goal of increasing food access and education throughout the city.
Lara Law
Law will support a group of youth leaders who are working to establish a comprehensive drop-in resource center for homeless youth and youth who have transitioned out of the foster care system. The young people will be able to use the drop-in center to meet basic needs, such as laundry and showering, to participate in independent living classes taught primarily by their peers, and to apply for government benefits and connect with schools or employment.
Jill Pardini
Pardini will expand and improve upon Soccer Without Borders, a tutoring and mentoring program she founded that uses organized soccer to help refugees and immigrants adjust to life in the United States, do well in and out of school, and stay physically and emotionally fit.
Jason Reed
Reed will continue his work with the Curtis Bay-Brooklyn Urban-Agriculture and Stewardship Program, which focuses on community gardening at the Filbert Street Garden. The project will use urban agriculture to improve the health of residents and students in that community, foster community pride, increase awareness of the need for land stewardship and teach participants about good nutrition.
La Tasha Vanzie
Vanzie will build EVOKU Actualized Global Leadership Experience (EAGLE), a project designed to train underserved youth to design and implement social entrepreneurial community service projects, network with professionals, establish a portfolio of work and travel outside the country. The project, which focuses on leadership and career development, will accept students from across the city.
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Call for Applications: 2012 Baltimore Community Fellows
