Compassion & Choices New York will be on a statewide tour from November 2022 through January 2023 with local events calling on legislators to pass New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act.

Save the Date: We invite all supporters to join us in Albany on January 17 to demand a vote on the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act!
(Registration forthcoming)

Tour Events (RSVPs not required unless noted otherwise)

Capital District

• Welcome Back to Albany!
  Monday, January 9, 2023 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
  New York State Capitol, State St & Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12224
  Join us at the New Yok State Capitol to kick off our 2023 campaign! We'll be wearing our Compassion & Choices T-shirts, making noise in the halls and demanding a vote on the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act. Stay for an hour, or stay for the whole day!
  
  
• Legalizing Medical Aid in Dying in New York: A Community Conversation (Colonie)
  (Registration opens December 21)
  Wednesday, January 11, 2023 2:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
  William K Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Rd, Loudonville, NY 12211
  New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act has been pending in the state legislature for more than 7 years and lawmakers have failed to act. The bill would allow terminally ill adults in New York to request and receive medication that they can take to die peacefully in their sleep. Come find out what the bill would do and what it will take to pass make New York the next state to authorize this compassionate end-of-life option.
  
  
• Religious Medical Systems and Bodily Autonomy: A Community Conversation (Webinar)
  (Registration required)
  Thursday, January 12, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
  Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties
  This virtual event will feature a panel discussion with experts who will speak about the impact of religious directives that dictate the kinds of care that healthcare facilities that are owned or affiliated with religious institutions can and cannot deliver to their patients. With the rise in mergers between secular community hospitals and religious hospitals, more and more people are being denied the care that they are otherwise lawfully able to obtain.
  State legislation that is currently pending would mandate that these institutions make existing and prospective patients aware of what kind of care they can and cannot receive at these healthcare facilities so that they can plan their care, but too often, there are no alternative healthcare facilities they can easily access nearby. Come hear experts discuss the impact of these religious exclusions on reproductive healthcare, end-of-life care, care for transgender individuals, and more at this important event.

Past Events:

North Country

• Legalizing Medical Aid in Dying in New York: A Community
  Conversation (Saranac Lake)
  Wednesday, November 16, 2022 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
  Legalizing Medical Aid in Dying in New York: A Community Conversation (Canton)
  
• Thursday, November 17, 2022 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM ET
  Legalizing Medical Aid in Dying in New York: A Community Conversation (Plattsburgh)
  
• Friday, November 18, 2022 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
  

Western New York

• Wishes & Values: Getting the Care you Want and Deserve at the End of Life (Buffalo)
  Tuesday, November 29, 2022 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
  
• Book Talk: "Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity” with author Joanne Tubbs Kelly
  Wednesday, November 30, 2022 1:00 PM PM ET
  
• Buffalo Press Conference
  Tuesday, November 29, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
  
• Rochester Press Conference
  Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
  Wishes & Values: Getting the Care you Want and Deserve at the End of Life (Rochester)
  
• Thursday, December 1, 2022 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
  

Central New York

• Book Talk: "Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity”
  Monday, December 5, 2022 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
  Syracuse Press Conference (RSVP via email)
  
• Tuesday, December 6, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
  Wishes & Values: Getting the Care you Want and Deserve at the End of Life (Syracuse)
  
• Tuesday, December 6, 2022 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
  Utica University: Conversation about Medical Aid in Dying & Disability Rights
  
• Wednesday, December 7, 2022 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET
  Wishes & Values: Getting the Care you Want and Deserve at the End of Life (Ithaca)
  
• Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
  Legalizing Medical Aid in Dying in New York: A Community Conversation (Ithaca)
  
• Thursday, December 8, 2022 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET

The Hudson Valley and New York City

• Legalizing Medical Aid in Dying in New York: A Community Conversation (New Paltz)
  Monday, December 12, 2022 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET
  New York City Candlelight Vigil and Press Conference
  
• Wednesday, December 14, 2022 12:00 PM ET
  The Actors' Temple, 339 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036