The Open Society Institute–Baltimore’s Solutions Summit is designed to create a community-driven blueprint for the new mayor and city council to address some of Baltimore’s most entrenched problems. There will be a series of free community half-day forums leading up to the summit on December 10.
At the half day forum, we’ll explore solutions dealing with a host of issues including but not limited to policing, re-entry services, bail reform, and youth justice. At the end of the day, using mobile technology, everyone will vote on the priorities that we want Baltimore’s new leadership to focus on. Those priorities will then be incorporated into the Solutions Summit on December 10.
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