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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes October 17, 2018 – Draft Minutes Page 7of 13 269 Chair Beltmann stated the following amendments would be made to the 270 proclamation: 271 272 Changing the title to Mental Health Awareness Month 273 Updating in the Therefore it be Resolved: to change the date to the month of 274 May and changing it to Mental Health Awareness Month. 275 Removing the last paragraph that talks about the Stigma Free pledge. 276 277 The Commission agreed to the changes. 278 279 Senior Citizens Month–Commissioner Mankestated this was originally called 280 Senior Citizens Month from President Kennedy and President Obama changed it to 281 Older Americans Month as opposed to Senior Citizens Month. She noted this is 282 pretty much the same other than the term. She stated as someone who is reaching the 283 age, she felt offended by being called “older” because everyone’s idea of older is 284 different. She felt Senior has already been identified and defined. The first line of 285 the proclamation states “Residents ages sixty years and older” which follows suit with 286 the Senior Citizen pricing. She stated everything stayed the same except for the 287 addition of the fifth Whereas and switching out the words “older” with “senior”. 288 289 Commissioner Peterson asked if Commissioner Manke reached out to any senior 290 groups to get any feedback on that. 291 292 Commissioner Manke stated she talked to a lot of senior citizens and did not like 293 being called older. She thought most of the seniors she talked to felt slighted by the 294 term. 295 296 Commissioner Bolinger stated in the paragraph of Now Therefore Be it Resolved it 297 says,“Elders Month”. She stated she was involved in a survey in a senior complex 298 and it seems for that industry the term elder is being used instead of senior. 299 300 Commissioner Manke stated that was what she was initially going to move it towards, 301 but that language got really odd to carry through the proclamation. She thought it can 302 always be changed when the terminology becomes more familiar. 303 304 Chair Beltmann asked if there was a standard on what other States use. She stated 305 she would be concerned if everyone else has transitioned to Older American’s Month 306 and Roseville is the only one to recognize Senior Citizen Month, would that put the 307 City out of step. 308 309 Commissioner Manke stated she did not know. Her basis was on the understanding 310 that everyone knows what Senior Citizen means. 311 312 Mr. Warden Wolf, 1999 Snelling Avenue North