The Q Center at ACR Health will host a virtual vigil providing support and understanding for Anti-Transgender violence exhibited in 2021. This virtual vigil will serve the nine-county service areas which include Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego, Oneida, Madison, Herkimer, Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis. Hilary Avallone, Q Center Program Supervisor, and Ashley Davis, CNY Q Center coordinator, will host the event. Email QCenter@ACRHealth.org for information regarding participation or register at https://forms.gle/cZ8hSiQwxoWWjUfFA

Recruitment coordinators from Amazon will host a job fair at  Beauchamp Branch Library to speak about: Job opportunities with Amazon, types of jobs offered, how to  apply, job benefits, explain Amazon culture and information on Amazon’s new largest fulfillment center in Clay. If interested, call (315) 435-3395.

The Mary Nelson Youth Center will hold its annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaway at 1 p.m. Nov. 22.

The Mary Nelson Youth/Resource Center will hold a Grand Re-0pening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 23. The community is welcome to stop in and tour the newly remodeled resource center. Food and beverages will be served. The center will reopen to the public on Nov. 29.

The Liverpool Turkey Trot is planning for an in-person race this Thanksgiving day, Nov. 25. This 5K and 5 mile run features bagpipes, additional music and a dog walk. Registration for the run helps support the CNY Food Bank, Clear Path for Veterans, the Q-Center, career and technical education and local educational groups.

Syracuse will return with an in-person “Home for the Holidays” tree lighting the day after Thanksgiving in Clinton Square. The 42-foot tall tree will be a focal point in downtown for the holiday season.

Join District Councilor Latoya Allen at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, on the corner of Salina and Colvin for the Sankofa Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. Step inside Beauchamp Branch Library prior to event for special festivities.

The Southside TNT meeting will be held virtually at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6.

Syracuse Joined Artists, Musicians and Singers (JAMS) will host live musical entertainment on Wednesday evenings during the month of December at Salt City Market. These performances are sponsored in part by a small grant from CNY Arts. On Dec. 8, Grupo Pagan will perform.

Who Want Smoke will lead a cooking class Thursday, Dec. 9, in the Salt City Market teaching kitchen. The menu will include: Sweet tea, homemade baked mac & cheese, oven roasted chicken, fried cabbage and a mini Charcuterie board (including a meat flower). Each participant will leave with a dinner that feeds 4 to 6 individuals and a mini Charcuterie board.