Join Business Journal News Network & Presenting Sponsor, Her HeartBeat, Sept. 24th for the 1st annual Successful Business Women Awards! This breakfast event will feature guest speakers, networking, giveaways, awards program and more.
Stop by the library to variety of fun and interesting crafts and learn techniques you may not have seen before.
Open to ages 5 and up. For more information, call (315) 435-3395.
The Central New York LGBTQ Child Welfare Coalition is holding a “Foster Care & Adoption Information Session for LGBTQ People” from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Q Center at 617 W. Genesee St. Come to this free event to learn more about the foster care and adoption process in an LGBTQ-affirming setting.
The 2015 Winston Gaskin Walk for Wellness and Stroke Prevention will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, at Upper Onondaga Park in Syracuse. The walk is scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m., with registration from 8:30 to 9 a.m., at the park, bounded by Roberts Avenue, Crossett Street and Onondaga Avenue. There is a $10 event registration fee for adults that includes a walk T-shirt. All funds raised at the event benefit health and wellness programs provided by 100 Black Men of Syracuse, Inc. For more information, call the group’s office at (315) 443-8749 or visit 100blackmensyr.org.
Scoop Jardine will join The William G. Pomeroy Foundation and Marrow Nation at a bone marrow drive in honor of 2-year-old patient Baby King. The drive will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, on the Quad at the Carrier Dome from 10 a.m. to noon before the SU vs. LSU football game.
Join Beauchamp Branch Library for a Community Read-out of banned books written by and about African-Americans, this year commemorating the 50th anniversary of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The 4th Annual Black & Banned Books Week event is free and open to all who cherish the freedom to read. Sign-up at the library today or call (315) 435-3395.
Bus Rabid Transit will be explored at a Community Forum set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 29, at the Onondaga Free Library, 4840 W. Seneca Turnpike. This session will be the 11th in a series hosted by the Moving People Transportation Coalition. These discussions are based on critical concerns about the future of transportation in our community. The featured speaker for the evening will be an official from the Capital District Transportation Authority.
Children can celebrate their favorite characters and authors with books, songs, rhymes and fun activities.
A broad coalition of grassroots organizations, not-for-profit agencies, community gardeners, university partners and other interested stakeholders have organized the first Syracuse Food Justice Symposium, to be held Oct. 2-3, 2015 at the All Saints Church Spiritual Renewal Center, 1342 Lancaster Ave.
The Link Gallery at the Warehouse will present Syracuse University’s PAL Project collaboration with Southwest Community Center with a public Reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St. The project, No Pressing Rewind, is free and open to the public.
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