Each May, Haitians across the world celebrate Haitian Heritage Month. Wear red and blue and join city staff at City Hall Plaza (the front steps of City Hall) to raise the Haitian Flag.

This annual conference features lively panel discussions on the organization’s core issues: healthy self-esteem, relationship violence awareness/prevention, STDs/HIV/AIDS awareness/prevention and teen pregnancy prevention. The conference also provides workshops that focus on higher education and career choices for teen girls.

A new Syracuse redistricting map will be made in May  to better reflect the population changes seen in the  2020 Census. Attend a public hearing to represent your neighborhood, provide feedback and ensure your district is drawn with your neighborhood's interest. 

A new Syracuse redistricting map will be made in May  to better reflect the population changes seen in the  2020 Census. Attend a public hearing to represent your neighborhood, provide feedback and ensure your district is drawn with your neighborhood's interest. 

A new Syracuse redistricting map will be made in May  to better reflect the population changes seen in the  2020 Census. Attend a public hearing to represent your neighborhood, provide feedback and ensure your district is drawn with your neighborhood's interest. 

Sen. Rachel May will host the 2022 State of the Youth Rally to promote safe schools and communities. New York Attorney General Letitia James; Arthur “Bobby” Harrison, founder of Faith and Hope Community Center; Clifford Ryan, OG’s Against Gun Violence, and others will join May as students across the Syracuse City School District gather in classrooms and auditoriums to watch the event.

A community meeting will be held at 6 p.m. May 27 at the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ with the Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens and Syracuse's new Police Chief Joe Cecile, along with other elected officials.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County’s Master Gardener volunteers will educate residents on Corning Avenue in Syracuse on preparing, planting and maintaining front yard flower gardens using donated perennials. The Blocks in Bloom aims to build community, enhance property values, promote safe neighborhoods and encourage healthy living. Residents are welcome to stop by, ask gardening questions and get information on becoming a Master Gardener. Additionally, there will be seedball making and planting activities for kids. To learn more: visit cceonondaga.org or contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County at (315) 424-9485.

Grab your camera and snap photos to document Syracuse's return to in-person events. On this Photo Meetup, photographers will join Jeffrey Perkins, who has been a physician and a photographer for 50 years. He’s been involved with Photo Walks for the past four years and believes that photography is empowering. He looks forward to leading a group to photograph this year's Taste of Syracuse, which returns to Clinton Square after a two-year hiatus.