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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes November 14, 2018 – Draft Minutes Page 5 of 10 180 Commissioner Eck suggested Elders Month and leave citizen out of it. 181 182 Commissioner Peterson suggested Older Adult Month. 183 184 Commissioner Hassan asked why the proclamation wording needed to be changed 185 from Senior Citizen Month. He noted it has always been that. 186 187 Chair Beltmann stated the Commission was notified that Senior Citizen was outdated 188 language and people are transitioning to Older Adult. 189 190 Commissioner Peterson thought the proclamation should be Older Adult Month. 191 192 Commissioner Bolinger agreed and thought it was the most inclusive. 193 194 Commissioner Eck referenced page 7 of the October meeting minutes in talking about 195 the proclamation. It states on line 292 that Commissioner Manke stated she talked to 196 a lot of senior citizens and did not like being called older. She thought most of the 197 seniors she talked to felt slighted by the term. Then the minutes go on to talk about 198 elder. She indicated she was confused about this. 199 200 Commissioner Peterson stated the Commission pushed back for it to go to other 201 groups for review and feedback. 202 203 Chair Beltmann read the email from AARP in regard to the term senior citizen. 204 205 Ms. Olson stated one thing to consider is the term Senior Citizen sometimes has the 206 connotation of 65 or older and Older Americans can be younger than 65. 207 208 Chair Beltmann summarized the Commission discussion and indicated the 209 proclamation will read “Older Adult Month” and editing the language throughout 210 removing the references to Older Americans and substituting with Older Adult along 211 with some other minor tweaks. 212 213 The Commission agreed with the changes and proposed to move this proclamation 214 forward for approval. 215 216 Ms. Olson stated for the Hispanic Heritage Month, she reached out to the Roseville 217 School District and asked them for feedback on whether Latin X or Hispanic Heritage 218 Month would be appropriate. She was told the School District would look into it but 219 have not gotten back to her yet. She did not have any other feedback on that 220 proclamation. She suggested approving the Hispanic Heritage Month as a 221 placeholder. 222 223 Commissioner Peterson moved and Commissioner Bolinger seconded a motion to 224 approve all proclamations. Motion passed unanimously.