FOCUS Forums
You can register now for the free Forum on the Future on Feb. 19 by clicking on the FOCUS Forums headline. You also can see videos of Forums on topics including community response to the COVID shutdown.
Wisdom Keeper 2020
Wisdom Keeper 2020 is different from all others. Read more about Wisdom Keepers past and present by clicking the headline. A visual record of the virtual event is available now, just click the headline.
Citizens Academy
The Citizens Academy Class of 2020 began at Skä·noñh – Great Law of Peace Center with a dynamic overview of the region’s important role in our nation’s history. To learn more about this 8-week interactive course on how local governments work, click this headline.
CNY-CAN for Health
CNY-CAN brings together patients and caregivers with researchers and health professionals to advance patient-centered outcomes research and help older adults live well and longer at home. The Community Health Information Connection is our current focus.
FOCUS Reports on …
Forums and other events have brought together community members and experts to produce reports on topics such as age-friendly planning, transportation, sustainability, and the flu. FOCUS goes beyond convening people and collecting ideas to produce a clearinghouse of information that can be drawn upon in the future.
20 Goals for 20 Years
In 1997-98 thousands of people offered up goals for the Greater Syracuse community that boiled down to 87 categories. Our community is still tackling them, but here are 20 highlights.
Click August Forum Video
Healing the Earth in a Time of COVID features Dr. Neil Murphy, who led O’Brien & Gere engineering and SUNY ESF, and Onondaga Environmental Institute President Dr. Ed Michalenko discussing lessons from the pandemic shutdown. See the August 2020 FOCUS Forum here.
Click for June Forum Video
The first virtual Forum on Coping with COVID Challenges features Sharon Brangman, MD, Chair of the Department of Geriatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University; and Tracey Musarra Marchese, Professor of Practice in Syracuse University’s School of Social Work.