Bed Space Forecast for Baltimore Youth Detention Facility

Slavery by Another Name
MICA Brown Center, 1301 W Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD
May 22, 2012
Join us for a screening and discussion of the film Slavery by Another Name, which tells how even as slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking brutality.

Addressing Challenges to Indigent Defense at Bail Hearings
OSI-Baltimore
May 16, 2012
Paul DeWolfe, Maryland’s public defender, and Norman Reimer, executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, will present at this event, the second in the "Burden of Bail" series.

Michael Bloomberg Gives $5 Million to OSI-Baltimore to Create Accelerated High School Options for Students
Press Release
April 13, 2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $5 million to the Open Society Institute-Baltimore for its Accelerated Pathways Initiative, which will offer Baltimore students the opportunity to accelerate their high school careers and connect to post-secondary education and employment.

The Right to Counsel at Bail Hearings
OSI-Baltimore
April 12, 2012
Douglas Colbert, professor of law at the University of Maryland School of Law, and Timothy Murray, executive director of the Pretrial Justice Institute, will present at this event, the first in the series "The Burden of Bail: Will the Right to Counsel at Bail Hearings Reduce the Jail Populations in Maryland?"

Call for Applications: 2012 Baltimore Community Fellows
Deadline: March 12, 2012
OSI-Baltimore is pleased to announce a call for 2012 Baltimore Community Fellows. In addition to the ten slots that are available for the Baltimore Community Fellowships, we are pleased to announce two additional fellowships. These new fellowships, sponsored by the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, will support individuals working with black men and boys in the areas of education, family, and work.