2023 Summit
ENGAGE
December 6, 2023
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Eagan Community Center
1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN 55121
- leadership from diverse communities
- policy solutions for the 2024 Session
- bold emerging partnerships as a state
AGENDA
8:30 - Registration and Networking
Enjoy coffee and conversations with leaders from across Minnesota's aging community.
9:00 - Call to Order and Introductions
DEB TAYLOR, CEO, Senior Community Services/MN Leadership Council on Aging Events Committee Chair
9:30 - Diverse Elders Panel: Aging Experiences Across Communities
A panel discussion exploring what it means to age across various cultural communities and how Minnesota can both maximize community assets and address issues. Moderator: JONATHAN PALMER, Chair, MN Leadership Council on Aging.
Panelists include MIRDALYS HERRERA TWEETON, Vice Chair, LatinoLEAD Board of Directors, CLARENCE JONES, Executive Director, Hue-Man Partnership, and RAJ CHAUDHARY, Former CEO, SEWA-AIFW.
10:30 - Community Conversations: Engaging Diverse Communities
A dynamic leadership dialogue exploring current strategies and reflections on removing barriers and engaging across communities as an aging sector.
MAIYIA KASOUAHER, Community Specialist, Center for Health Promotion, Minnesota Department of Health
11:00 - Break
To allow you to fully engage in the rest of the day, we'll take a quick break so you can check-in with your world.
11:15 - Creating a Statewide Multi-Sector Blueprint on Aging
A first-look at the themes from the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council 2022 Regional Exchange Sessions and efforts to craft a 10-year, multi-sector blueprint on aging. REENA SHETTY, Director, Age-Friendly Minnesota Council; SHERRIE PUGH, Chair, Age-Friendly Minnesota Council
11:45 - Lunch
Join in a round of discussions with leaders from across Minnesota's aging sector as we reflect on the age-friendly themes emerging.
12:30 - Policy Panel: Aging in the 2024 Legislative Session
A panel discussion exploring the major factors shaping our state's legislative environment. Look back with us at what needs fixing from the 2023 Legislative Session, emerging public opinions on aging, the impacts of the next election season, and what lies ahead for aging in the 2024 Legislative Session. Moderator: PATTI CULLEN, President and CEO, Care Providers of Minnesota. Panelists include The Honorable GINNY KLEVORN, State Representative and Chair, Legislative Task Force on Aging, BARB HALEY, former Minnesota State Representative and Healthcare Policy Leader, and NATASHA MERZ, Assistant Commissioner, Aging and Disability Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services.
1:15 - Community Forum: Statewide Policy Solutions
An open forum open for all leaders across the sector to share on policy efforts underway - from legislative agenda priorities to feedback on priorities for the Legislative Task Force on Aging.
1:45 - Minnesota's Reframing Aging Initiative
Learn how you can be part of a new statewide initiative in 2024 powered by the National Center to Reframe Aging to engage our state. RAJEAN MOONE, LTC Administration Faculty Director and Associate Director for Policy, Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, University of Minnesota; ADAM SUOMALA, Executive Director, MN Leadership Council on Aging and others.
2:00 - Adjourn
CEUs
Application has been approved for a total of four (4) hours by the Minnesota Board of Executives for Long Term Services and Supports (approval code MN24-078 2023) and is designed to meet the CEU approval criteria for the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging is an approved provider of continuing education by the Minnesota Board of Social Work (CEP-885). Participants can earn up to four (4) CEUs by attending this event.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand an array of experiences, assets and issues faced across diverse communities.
- Review statewide feedback and domains of a new 10-year Multi-sector Blueprint for Aging.
- Hear from policy experts about the emerging issues shaping the 2024 Legislative Session.
- Engage in dynamic, interdisciplinary discussions to inform the Legislative Task Force on Aging.
- Learn about Minnesota’s Reframe Aging initiative to collectively shift opinions on aging.
Featured Voices
Jonathan Palmer, Immediate Past Chair
Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging
Patti Cullen, President and CEO
Care Providers of Minnesota
Mirdalys Tweeton, Vice Chair
LatinoLEAD Board of Directors
Maiyia Kasouaher, Community Specialist, Center for Health Promotion
Minnesota Department of Health
Sherrie Pugh, Chair
Age-Friendly Minnesota Council
Reena Shetty, Director
Age-Friendly Minnesota Council
Natasha Merz, Assistant Commissioner
Aging and Disability Services
Minnesota Department of Human Services
The Honorable Ginny Klevorn
Minnesota State Representative
Chair, Legislative Task Force on Aging
Barb Haley, Former State Representative
Raj Chaudhary, Former CEO
SEWA-AIFW
Clarence Jones, Executive Director
Hue-Man Partnership
Phil Duran, Senior Advocate, Aging
and Gender Care Access, Rainbow Health
Rajean Moone, LTC Administration Faculty Director and CHAI Associate Director for Policy, University of Minnesota
Dawn Simonson, President and CEO
Trellis
Deb Taylor, Chief Executive Officer
Senior Community Services
Chair, MN Leadership Council on Aging Events Committee
Nida Yamin, Diverse Elders Associate
MN Leadership Council on Aging
Chao Yang, Director of Equity
MN Leadership Council on Aging
Adam Suomala, Executive Director
MN Leadership Council on Aging
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Fees
Value-priced to allow all interested leaders to attend at $99 per person. See sponsorship packages for group registrations.
Scholarships for all events are available by contacting adam@mnlcoa.org
Reasonable Accommodations
Reasonable accommodations for all Leadership Council events are available by contacting adam@mnlcoa.org
Cancellations
All cancellations needed to be made via email to adam@mnlcoa.org and are subject to a $20 processing fee. No refunds for cancellations made after November 27, 2023 or for no-shows. Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging reserves the right to cancel this event.
Attire
Dress in whatever way makes you comfortable. Business casual is suggested.
Recording
Recordings of this program will not be available.
Health and Safety
Masking is not required at this event. Stay home if you are sick or are experiencing symptoms. People who are immunocompromised or at higher risk of severe illness and those who are around them should wear a mask. We welcome people to mask regardless of your individual risk.
