https://www.empowercny.org/blog daily 0.75 2022-11-05 https://www.empowercny.org/blog/educational-advocacy monthly 0.5 2022-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/1658863851248-61XNAGWSPPPVUXZD2XA0/mfol_sraav+-+Copy.PNG Blog - Educational Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/1658863850717-K0BZJJY41BPV05ONQTAX/jj%26srav+-+Copy.PNG Blog - Educational Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/1658863912617-QWT69XBPG8G19X0KQJH6/mfol_all.jpg Blog - Educational Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/1658863927675-RP4GM8XAK4U3CACG82KF/mfol_all_2.jpg Blog - Educational Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/1658863958048-9OJ2ZGR0XMDG5UDPELIP/dana.jpg Blog - Educational Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/1658863974711-CDUUL9GVXTGKPYZAN2RN/mfol_3.jpg Blog - Educational Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/fcad5266-3fe1-44a9-a12b-21b5658111bf/IMG-4923.jpg Blog - Educational Advocacy - Each day, on average, twelve children die of gun violence in schools. Understanding and realizing the harm that guns pose to children in our schools motivated our team to take action towards the cause of increased gun control. Empower CNY partnered with March For Our Lives (MFOL) organizers in the Central New York area to alert our local policymakers. MFOL is a national organization that promotes heightened gun control in our country and sheds light on the violence that a lack of gun control precipitates. This year, in response to recent shootings, MFOL decided to march again on June 11, 2022. Empower CNY took charge by becoming one of the primary organizers of the Central New York movement, where protestors marched on the James M. Hanley Federal Building. Two of our directors addressed the crowd of over 400 people. With the help of our volunteers, we helped distribute 10,000+ fliers to SCSD students & utilized a budget of $7,000+ (granted by MFOL National) for marketing and logistics. Our work undoubtedly fueled the national movement, which led Congress to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S.2938) on June 25, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/58906f12-6799-4617-a3a7-f2be3007f731/IMG-4929.jpg Blog - Educational Advocacy Looking through the current legislative pipeline in the New York Senate, we stumbled upon an important bill (S7198) that hasn’t seen much momentum since being introduced in the 2015-2016 session. The bill, titled the ‘Solutions Not Suspensions Act’, aims to dismantle the systemic discrimination in New York’s school suspension system. The following statistics are based on policy research conducted by the legislative team which introduced the bill: • There exists a nearly 19-point percent-age gap in the graduation rate between Black students and their White peers in New York State. • In Westchester County, while Black students are only 11% of all students, they make up 40% of those who are suspended at least once. • In New York City high schools, Black girls are six times more likely to be suspended from school. Our work focused on alerting one of our policymakers, New York State Senator John Mannion (SD-50), of the bill’s importance. We wrote a letter addressing Empower CNY’s stance and how the bill could directly improve the educational outcomes of many local students, including those whom we work with. Senator Mannion responded with a letter of support, validating our beliefs and stating that he would keep the group’s views in mind the next time the bill came up for a vote. See the letter here. Our L.E.A.D. team and board of directors also co-signed a letter written by the NYCLU (New York Civil Liberties Union) addressed to Governor Kathy Hochul and other high-ranking officials in the New York legislative chambers. https://www.empowercny.org/blog/youth-engagement monthly 0.5 2022-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/21bdcad3-235f-488b-b146-bda3d926554f/tutors.jpg Blog - Youth Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.empowercny.org/blog/community-outreach monthly 0.5 2022-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/4930a0f7-e01e-4413-9322-14a0a420a552/IMG-5844.JPG Blog - Community Outreach - Much of our work focuses on refugee & immigrant youth. The Central New York region is located at the intersection of multiple sanctuary cities (Syracuse, Ithaca, Albany, NYC), where many many immigrants find refuge. Our ties to this community have shown us that promoting civic engagement within the education of these students can improve their educational outcomes remarkably. One of our volunteers directs a math workshop for refugee students at RISE. https://www.empowercny.org/news daily 0.75 2025-09-03 https://www.empowercny.org/news/albany-hears-from-rural-youth monthly 0.5 2025-09-02 https://www.empowercny.org/resources daily 0.75 2022-11-05 https://www.empowercny.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2022-07-26 https://www.empowercny.org/home daily 1.0 2022-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/1f670cfa-d7a8-4e1f-be44-c1a80d907855/IMG-5846.JPG Home - How do we make an impact? Through partnerships with key community organizations, our volunteers connect with students in need, identify local problems in education, and help address them with activism, lobbying, and organizing. Primarily, we coordinate free, weekly student-support locations in immigrant and refugee hubs and provide volunteer-run workshops at resettlement agencies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/49fde9d1-bd70-43dc-92d9-f5b1f23561b2/tutors+%281%29.png Home - Who can volunteer? We work with school districts to spread the word to interested high school students. We welcome all interested parties to register for their local tutoring centers. Many volunteers are also chosen to lead workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/aa2c7965-e588-4de1-9f9d-246d76aaaa1b/IMG-5851.JPG Home - Where do we work? We are currently operating at eight centers and providing virtual tutoring through video conferencing services to 50+ families. So far, we’ve partnered with organizations in Syracuse, Utica, Rochester, and Buffalo. Ongoing efforts are focused on scaling to more local libraries, community centers, and refugee resettlement agencies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/aaa98fa7-e635-4f6d-9e54-a35b3a8ed23d/post_standard.jpg Home - Where we’ve been featured. New students and parents often find us in the local news or a national tutoring database. If you would like to do a story on our work reach out with the link below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e4b09ea4faad5a0f155220/4fef9d14-022e-4a2b-b324-cca683526f6d/new_partners.jpg Home - Our partners make all the difference. So far, our team has worked with 12 partners across 4 cities. From refugee foundations to STEAM educational groups, these organizations have helped us make an impact. 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