Welcome to ACS CAN NY's Cancer Action Day Resource Center!
ATTENTION: This event has now past. Please mark your calendars and save the date for our 2026 Cancer Action Day which will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2026! The information provided is to be used for follow-up to our 2025 Cancer Action Day which was held on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Thank you.
Cancer Action Day is a time to experience the comradery with likeminded advocates and gather together with one mission, to ask our lawmakers to make cancer a priority. It is our volunteers who bring a human connection to cancer and show our lawmakers that it is their constituents, not just a statistic, that cancer affects. Telling your story is our superpower and how we can make change. On this page you will find pertinent information about the event, how to register, training materials and event materials. Registration has closed for this event. Thank you to those who participated in the event.
For more information, please contact Becca Oechsner at [email protected]. Thank you for your interest and we can't wait to advocate with you!
Transportation for Cancer Action Day
This information will be updated for 2026.
Materials for ACS CAN NY Cancer Action Day
Talking points for lawmaker meetings
Training video from our Senior Government Relations Director Michael Davoli regarding asks.
Post Cancer Action Day
Bill co-sponsors for the 3 asks
Training information for Cancer Action Day
Will be updated for 2026.
What you need to know to attend our Cancer Action Day in Albany, NY.
- We will be providing transportation from points across New York State, see above for details.
- If you are traveling in from the Capital Region, we will reimburse you for parking.
- We will be gathering on the 3rd Floor Terrace of the Legislative Office Building to kick-off the day!
- If you need assistance, please reach out to Becca Oechsner at [email protected].
- You will need to be available the entire day on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, to attend legislative meetings in person. We will provide coffee, tea, water, grab and go snacks upon your arrival and lunch.
- What to wear: Wear comfortable shoes because there could be a lot of walking around the office buildings. No ripped jeans, sweatpants or shorts. ACS CAN T-shirts will be handed out for you to wear that day!
- You will be put in groups by the region of the state you are located.
- We will schedule all meetings for you, so you don’t have to worry about that.
- Never participated in a meeting with your lawmaker? Don’t worry! We will provide you with training and everything you will need to be successful. All you need is a passion to make an impact in the fight against cancer.
If you are participating in this event, please don’t forget to let us know how your meeting went by filling out this report back form.
Photo Gallery of 2025 Cancer Action Day!
To be populated soon.
Here are some pictures from our 2024 Cancer Action Day!
Advocates and staff partners join together on the stairs of the Legislative Office Building for an annual photo. We are sorry to those who had left prior to the photo being taken.
Pictured here is our Plattsburgh legislative team with Assemblyman Smullen during their office visit at Cancer Action Day. Advocates are joined by ACS Staff partners Joan Sterling and Nick Liporace.
Our Senior Government Relations Director Michael Davoli is joined by advocates representing NYC pictured with Senator Persaud's poster, the sponsor of our event.
