Onondaga Citizens League’s annual meeting

Drumlins Country Club 800 Nottingham Road, Syracuse, NY, United States

Matt Leighninger, executive director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, will speak at the Onondaga Citizens League's annual meeting on June 10. The Deliberative Democracy Consortium is an alliance of the major organizations and leading scholars in the field of democracy and public engagement. The Consortium represents more than 50 foundations, nonprofits and universities collaborating to advance democratic practices. Leighninger is one of the leading experts in the field of deliberative democracy, a new wave of efforts to engage citizens in policy discussion and decision-making traditionally left to elected officials and experts. Leighninger’s keynote address, “The Next Form of Democracy: Public Participation for the 21st Century,” will include examples of how other communities are using deliberative democracy and the potential for the movement to transform how citizens engage in democracy in the U.S. The June 10 annual meeting luncheon will be held at Drumlins at noon and is open to the community. Individual tickets are $35 for OCL members and $45 for non-members. Reservations can be made by calling (315) 443-4846 or emailing ocl@syr.edu. For more information, visit www.onondagacitizensleague.org.

$35 – $45

Green Bag Lunch: Transportation Planning in CNY

Syracuse Center of Excellence 727 E. Washington St., Syracuse, NY, United States

Green Bag Lunch: Transportation Planning in CNY will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. June 12 at the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Room 203. Confirmed Panelists to date include: Samuel Gordon, director of Planning & Zoning for the Town of DeWitt, and Peter Sarver, The Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse (ACTS) & Moving People Transportation Coalition. This Event is Free. Seating is limited, and registration is required. Attendees are welcome to bring their Green Bag Lunch. To register, visit here.

Free

Green Bag Lunch – Transportation Planning in CNY

Syracuse Center of Excellence 727 E. Washington St., Syracuse, NY, United States

Green Bag Lunch - Transportation Planning in CNY will hold a meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. June 12 at the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Room 203. Confirmed Panelists include: Samuel Gordon, director of Planning & Zoning for the Town of DeWitt; Peter Sarver, The Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse (ACTS) & Moving People Transportation Coalition, and Meghan B. Vitale, Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council. This event is free. Seating is limited. Registration Required. Attendees are welcome to bring their green bag lunch.

Free

Juneteenth The 150th Anniversary Celebration of Freedom Realized

Clinton Square downtown, Syracuse, NY, United States

The annual Juneteenth Celebration will begin at noon Saturday, June 13, in Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse. This is a free, family friendly day of reflection and inspiration. Attendees will enjoy a kids zone, an educational area, food court, panel discussions, live entertainment and access to the Dr. Henry A. Washington health pavilion. To donate to the event and learn more, visit syracusejuneteenth.org

Free to attend

The PocketBook Monologues

Hillside Scholarship Connection Center 100 East Avenue, Syracuse, NY, United States

Pretty Girls Rock, Simply Because They Have to .. will present "The PocketBook Monologue" reading from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 14, at Hillside Scholarship Connection Center.

Dedication of Cecile Memorial Plaza

Cecile Community Center 174 W. Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, NY, United States

The Memorial Plaza at the Cecile Community Center, 174 W. Seneca Turnpike, will be formally dedicated in a ceremony from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 15. The ceremony will recognize those who have placed engraved bricks in the plaza as a remembrance, tribute or memorial. The ceremony will permit those in attendance to express their support for the Valley neighborhood. Light refreshments will be served. The plaza is a project of the Meachem Area Parks Association, a not-for-profit corporation with tax-exempt status, with support from TNT 4 – Valley and the Central New York Community Foundation. Placement of engraved bricks is a continuing process as bricks are ordered from the Association. For more information, contact George Matthews, president of Meachem Area Parks Association, at (315) 492-9471 or mapageorgem@gmail.com.

Free

Reviving Place Project Community Meeting

Southwest Community Center 401 South Ave., Syracuse, NY, United States

Tell your story of the South Side during a community meeting for the Reviving Place Project set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, at Southwest Community Center in the lobby.Join in for a community conversation about the places residents care about and their future. Come share your stories, photos and thoughts about what makes the South Side unique. Local artist Kamiiron Pritchard will incorporate attendees' input into a community place map. Event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 472-2150 ext. 14.

Free

Onondaga Citizen League Meeting

SUNY Oswego Metro Center 100 South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY, United States

The Onondaga Citizen League will hold its next meeting of the OCL study, How CNY Moves, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, in the SUNY Oswego Metro Center at 100 South Salina Street (the Atrium office building on Clinton Square) in Room 129. Coffee, tea, water and sweets will be provided. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. The group will review the work of Maxwell School students, who are working on their MPA Capstone project exploring some best practices and model programs in transportation systems. The group will also explore some of the latest trends in land use and transportation planning in other communities. In addition, Megan Costa, assistant director of Onondaga County Planning, will talk about how planning works at different levels of local government, and discuss land use, demographics, and transportation and mobility considerations in planning. RSVP to ocl@syr.edu if you plan to attend.

Free

Sires’ Sunday

Jubilee Park 100 block of South Ave., Syracuse, NY, United States

Syracuse Housing Authority (SHA) has partnered with Jubilee Homes of Syracuse to present “Sires’ Sunday." The event celebrating fatherhood will serve as the kick-off for Jubilee Homes’ annual Southwest Showcase Sundays’ concert series. The Sires’ Sunday festivities will be held at the Spirit of Jubilee Park, located on the 100 block of South Ave. The date and time is Fathers’ Day from 1 to 7 p.m. June 21.

Free

Creekwalk Phase II Meeting

Seals Community Center at Kirk Park 300 West Borden Avenue, Syracuse, NY, United States

A meeting about the Phase II Creekwalk plans will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at the Seals Community Center at Kirk Park, 300 West Borden Avenue, Syracuse. The City of Syracuse will present in greater detail on the Creekwalk Project and continue to gather public input as part of the preliminary design process for the second phase of the Onondaga Creekwalk. The Creekwalk Phase II Project involves constructing a continuous pedestrian/bicycle trail that will extend the existing Creekwalk within the Onondaga Creek Corridor, from Armory Square (West Jefferson Street) south 2.2 miles to West Colvin Street.

Open to the public