Join families and young people across New York State for a day of advocacy about topics and issues that are important to you!

Family Empowerment Day ensures we give families and youth a seat at the table where policy decisions are being made. View our 2025 Policy Agenda. 

 

The Family Empowerment Rally &
Advocacy Day is March 30, 2026 at
the New York State Capitol

 

REGISTER

Download and share the flyer. 

Help Spread the Word

Use our Family Empowerment Day Social Media Toolkit to help amplify family and youth voices leading up to March 30. The toolkit includes ready-to-use posts, graphics, hashtags, and sample messages for Facebook, Instagram, and X, plus region-specific bus flyers you can share with your networks

Toolkit

Share the bus flyers for your regions!

Bus Stops & Times

New York City

Questions? Contact Laurie Rivera at lrivera@ftnys.org or 518-496-3555

  • Brooklyn – 5:35 AM: 55 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
  • Long Island City – 6:25 AM: 29-46 Northern Blvd, LIC, NY 11101
  • Queens – 7:10 AM: 148-45 Hillside Ave, Jamaica, NY 11435

Manhattan/Bronx

  • Manhattan – 6:45 AM: 414 8th Ave (bus stages on 31st & 8th in front of Panda Express), NY 10018
  • Bronx – 7:40 AM: McDonald’s, 1 West Mount Eden Ave, Bronx, NY

Long Island

Contact Heather Tafuro at htafuro@lift4kids.org or (631) 264-LIFT

  • Amityville – 5:50 AM: LIFT Office, 21 Greene Ave, Amityville, NY 11701
  • Roslyn – 6:50 AM: North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, 480 Old Westbury Rd, Roslyn, NY 11577

Central

Contact Lamanda Cook at lamandac@nrcil.net  or 315-836-3735 Ext.309

  • Lowville – 6:00 AM: 5520 Jackson St, Lowville, NY 1336
  • Watertown – 6:45 AM: 146 Arsenal St, Watertown, NY 13601
  • Syracuse – 8:00 AM: 1 Destiny USA Dr (Macy’s back lot), Syracuse, NY 13204

Hudson

Contact Madeline Lombardi at mala@westchestergov.com  or 914-995-5238

  • Yonkers – 8:00 AM: 30 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY
  • New Paltz – 10:00 AM: Park & Ride, Exit 18 NY Thruway, New Paltz

Western

Contact Sara Taylor at sarataylorr@aol.com or 585-305-4094

  • Buffalo – 6:30 AM: Macy’s Parking Lot, Walden Galleria, 4 Walden Galleria, Buffalo, NY 14225
  • Rochester – 7:50 AM: ABVI Goodwill of Finger Lakes, 451 S Clinton Ave (behind the store), Rochester, NY 14620

Southern Tier:

Contact Michelle Zuk at mzuk@familyrn.org or 607-432-0001

  • Binghamton – 7:15 AM:  SUNY Broome 907 Upper Front St., Binghamton, NY 13905
  • Oneonta – 8:30 AM: Family Resource Network- 46 Oneida St., Oneonta, NY 13820
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