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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes <br /> September 19, 2018 —Draft Minutes <br /> Page 5 of 13 <br /> 181 <br /> 182 • MLK Day <br /> 183 Vice-Chair Beltmann reassigned the proclamation to Commissioner Eck. <br /> 184 <br /> 185 • Constitution Week <br /> 186 Vice Chair Beltmann indicated she will have the proclamation done by <br /> 187 October 91h. <br /> 188 <br /> 189 • Older Americans Month <br /> 190 Commissioner Manke stated this was her item but was not sure if was <br /> 191 reassigned due to her missing a meeting. She stated she was willing to take <br /> 192 that back and ready for October 91h. <br /> 193 <br /> 194 • Race Equality <br /> 195 The Commission eliminated this proclamation <br /> 196 <br /> 197 • Indigenous People Day <br /> 198 Commissioner Peterson stated she took this proclamation over and the <br /> 199 previous Commissioner. <br /> 200 <br /> 201 Commissioner Peterson stated she did reach out to some of the community <br /> 202 members when she took this item over. One of the people she talked to was <br /> 203 Elizabeth Day with Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe who is a community <br /> 204 organizer with the group. Ms. Day brought the proclamation forward to her <br /> 205 staff who provided Commissioner Peterson with some feedback. <br /> 206 <br /> 207 Commissioner Peterson stated the final draft is in the Commission packet. <br /> 208 <br /> 209 • Mental Illness Awareness Week vs Mental Health Awareness Month <br /> 210 Vice Chair Beltmann noted she was assigned to this item. She noted she sent <br /> 211 the proclamation to NAMLorg twice asking for feedback and never heard <br /> 212 back. Another thing she found while researching this is there is Mental Health <br /> 213 Awareness Month which is in May and Mental Illness Awareness Week <br /> 214 which is in October. She thought more people were moving toward Mental <br /> 215 Health Awareness Month, celebrating it in May. She did not know if it made <br /> 216 sense to move Mental Health Awareness Month vs week. <br /> 217 <br /> 218 Commissioner Peterson thought maybe the monthly proclamation should be <br /> 219 done because most of the proclamations the Commission is doing is month. <br /> 220 <br /> 221 Commissioner Manke thought the nice thing about a week is it can be <br /> 222 emphasized, especially if there is something else going on in the month. <br /> 223 <br /> 224 The majority of the Commission preferred month over week. <br /> 225 <br />