FOCUS Greater Syracuse, Inc. has hosted free FOCUS forums for over 20 years! In order to make the forums more accessible and available to the community, they have shifted to an online format.

2025

1-24-2025 A Community Discussion of 2025 FOCUS FORUMS

2-28-2025 Addressing Basic Needs through a Whole Family Lens

3-28-2025 Homelessness in Central New York

New Video 4-25-2025 Housing Challenges in the Age of Micron

2024

1-19-2024 A Community Discussion of 2024 FOCUS Forums

2-16-2024 How Law Enforcement Navigates the Complexities of Mental Health & Substance Abuse

3-15-2024 Meet the Newest Members of the Syracuse City Common Council

4-19-2024 Human Trafficking in CNY

5-31-2024 Meet the Newest Onondaga County Legislators

6-28-2024 Outdoor Experiences in Onondaga County

7-19-2024 Community Need and Community Action in Onondaga County

9-20-2024 Community Engagement Committee

10-25-2024 Funders and their Priorities

11-8-2024 Micron and the City

2023

12-15-2023 Building CNY’S Workforce For Growth

11-17-2023 Sustainability In Action

10-20-2023 Helping Children Heal

7-28-2023 A Conversation with Mayor Ben Walsh

6-16-2023 Exploring Tomorrow’s Transit

5-19-2023 Learn About Your Fair Housing Rights

3-17-2023 Syracuse STEAM School: A Collaborative Approach to Education

2-17-2023 Aunt Harriet: Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Harriet Tubman

1-20-2023 FOCUS Forum on the Future 2023

2022

12-16-2022 Micron and the Community

10-21-2022 Housing Needs in CNY – What’s Going On?

7-29-2022 Designing a Community Grid for All

6-24-2022 Housing Assessments 101

5-13-2022 The Changing Landscape of Local Media

4-29-2022 FOCUS on Affordable Housing

3-18-2022 Lyme and Tick-Borne Illnesses

2-25-2022 City Housing / Looking Forward

1-28-2022 FOCUS Forum on the Future

2021

11-19-2021 Empowerment, Accessibility, and Disability Services in CNY

10-8-2021 Mayoral Candidate Forum

WAER Recording

9-24-2021 Bridging the Digital Divide in CNY

7-16-2021 Child Care in Onondaga County

6-30-2021 FOCUS/LGS Priorities for Making Our Community A Better Place to Live

5-21-2021 Workforce Development for the Individual

4-16-2021 Higher Education in a Time of COVID

4-15-2021 Video for TMR K-12

3-19-2021 Blueprint 15

2-19-2021 FOCUS Forum on the Future

1-22-21 Resilience in the Immigrant Community

2020

12-18-2020 Mental Health in a Time of COVID

11-20-2020 Funding Change in a Time of COVID

10-16-2020 Community Dialoge in a Time of COVID

9-18-2020 Housing Access in the Time of COVID

8-20-2020 Healing the Earth

6-25-2020 Social Distancing and Isolation under COVID