A Health Fair, hosted by LaToya Jones, HEP CNY healthcare advocate with Shades of Inspiration Inc., will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Dunbar Center.
A Tenant Teach-In offering a discussion on tenants rights will be offered from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays, March 16, and April 13, in the Beauchamp Branch Library auditorium. The event is sponsored bu Legal Services of CNY and Southside Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today's Housing Taskforce. For more information, contact Palmer Harvey or Jaime Howley, co-chairs of this taskforce, at pam266_1999@yahoo.com or jhowley8@gmail.com. Mary Traynor of Legal Services of CNY may also be reached by email at mtraynor@lscny.org.
Join Miss Jackie to learn the art of knitting. Youth ages 7 to 13 will enhance their fine motor skills, creativity and patience. Knitting needles, yarn and looms are provided. Parents and caregivers are invited to knit with their children, too. Call (315) 435-3395 to sign up.
In honor of Women’s History Month come enjoy "Queen of Katwe," the story of a young girl named Phiona who masters the game of chess in hopes of getting her family out of poverty. Snacks provided. Seating will be available, but we encourage you to bring a comfy blanket and/or bean bag to rest on as you enjoy the movie.
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.
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.
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.
Watch "Ralph Breaks the Internet" at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23.
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 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.
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