Community Co-Design Workshop with Trauma Response

Boys and Girls Club on Shonnard 201 Shonnard St., Syracuse, NY, United States

The city's Community Co-Design Workshop with Trauma Response will begin at 5:3 p.m. Wednesday, March 20,  Boys and Girls Club on Shonnard Street. The City has partnered with the Trauma Response Team and Zivics, a local startup company, to develop an app which will support families that have experienced traumatic and emergency events.Join for the co-design workshop and to help develop this new tool. Food and kids’ activities will be provided.

Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County – Talk to a Lawyer Clinic

White Branch Library 763 Butternut St., Syracuse, NY, United States

A volunteer attorney will be at the library to provide free legal assistance or referrals for family, housing, business, immigration or civil legal issues. No appointments necessary, but please sign in at the circulation desk upon arrival.

Maple Day at Corcoran High School

Corcoran High School 919 Glenwood Ave., Syracuse, --, United States

Celebrate maple season at Corcoran High School and help support the Corcoran Honor Society at a pancake breakfast. Visitors can take a walk in a sugarbush and learn about tapping trees and boiling syrup from CCE Onondaga forestry staff. Maple syrup event is free.

Family Movie Matinee

Beauchamp Branch Library 2111 S. Salina St., Syracuse , NY, United States

Watch "Ralph Breaks the Internet" at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23.

Talk to a Lawyer

Central Library 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY, United States

Talk to a lawyer for free on the second and fourth Thursday of the month in the CNY Meeting Room on the library's third level. Volunteer lawyers will answer your questions on a first come, first served basis. Please arrive early and sign in as space is limited.

Planned Parenthood Office Hours

Central Library 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY, United States

Planned Parenthood educator Mallory will distribute brochures, fact sheets and give-aways, answer questions and talk to teens one-on-one about family planning, sexual health, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS, minors’ rights and much more. All materials include information about where to access low-cost reproductive health care. If appropriate, referrals will be made to partner agencies for additional service needs. Meets in Central Library's TeenSpace, Level 1.

Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County – Talk to a Lawyer Clinic

White Branch Library 763 Butternut St., Syracuse, NY, United States

A volunteer attorney will be at the library to provide free legal assistance or referrals for family, housing, business, immigration or civil legal issues. No appointments necessary, but please sign in at the circulation desk upon arrival.

Film Screening of ‘Salam’

Newhouse School 215 University Pl., Syracuse, NY, United States

“Salam” is a feature-length documentary about the Nobel prize winning Pakistani physicist, Abdus Salam. The film reveals the extraordinary life of Salam who was denied opportunities to work in his home country because he was a member of the "wrong" community. The film will be screened locally at 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, in the Newhouse School's Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium.

The Media Unit Open House

The Media Unit 327 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY, United States

On Saturday, March 30, an open house and sale will be held where everything from memorabilia to furniture to production equipment from The Media Unit must go. Visitors are invited from noon to 4 p.m. to make an offer on items that remain at the studio, located at 327 Montgomery St. Executive Producer Walt Shepperd, who is set to retire, predicts the day will turn into a party with many Media Unit alum from past years in attendance. Community is welcome.

Onondaga Historical Association Presents the Play ‘Salt City Abolitionists’

Beauchamp Branch Library 2111 S. Salina St., Syracuse , NY, United States

All are welcome to the free staging of the play "Salt City Abolitionists" with characters the Rev. Samuel May and Caroline Loguen. Syracuse was a center of abolitionism in the 19th Century and was watched by the entire country. Join two of the Salt City’s crusaders for freedom, the Rev. Samuel May (of the May Memorial Church) and Caroline Loguen (who with her husband, the Rev. Jermaine Loguen, assisted many on their way to freedom). Learn about, and become part of, an antislavery meeting of the day. "Salt City Abolitionists" is a play written by the Onondaga Historical Association.

Free