2022 Summit
ELEVATE
DECEMBER 1 - 9 a.m. - 12 noon (virtual)
Zoom
DECEMBER 2 - 9 a.m. - 12 noon (in-person)
Shoreview Community Center
4580 Victoria St N, Shoreview, MN 55126
Featured Speaker:
Blois Olson
Principal, Fluence Media
Minnesota’s Political Landscape
Entering the 2023 Legislative Session
What lies ahead for aging issues in the 2023 Legislative Session? From the impacts of the 2022 Election to the major issues framing public affairs in our state, you'll take home insights about our new political environment from Blois Olson. As the Principal of Fluence Media, Blois is uniquely positioned as one of the Midwest’s most sought after political analysists. A daily political voice on WCCO Radio, his analysis has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and National Public Radio, as well as in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal and numerous other local, national and international media. He is also a regular contributor to Almanac and At Issue and has a long track record of working with stakeholders across the field of aging.
TWO MORNINGS I ONE POWERFUL EVENT
December 1
Virtual Discussion via Zoom
9:00 - Network Introductions
What is your greatest hope for the 2023 Legislative Session?
9:15 - Minnesota's Political Landscape Entering the 2023 Legislative Session
JAMES FALVEY, Executive Director, Friends & Co. /Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging Board Chair, ADAM SUOMALA, Executive Director, Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging, PATTI CULLEN, President and CEO, Care Providers of Minnesota/Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging Summit Committee Chair, and featured speaker: BLOIS OLSON, Principal, Fluence Media
10:15 - Small Group Dialogue Sessions
How will what you just learned change your work in 2023?
10:30 - Quick Break
10:35 - Emerging AGEnda Policy Solutions
KARI THURLOW, President and CEO, LeadingAge Minnesota/Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging Policy Committee Chair
10:45 - Thought Leadership Circles: Elevating Aging
PATRICK MCFARLAND, Co-Chair, Public Policy Committee, Minnesota Board on Aging
Leveraging the wisdom of participants, small groups will work collaboratively on developing the promising strategies to help Minnesota elevate aging as a state priority (e.g. state policy and systems infrastructure, public information campaigns, etc.)
11:15 - Thought Leadership Circles: Supporting Families and Caregivers
BETH WIGGINS, Director of Caregiving and Aging Services, FamilyMeans
Building on personal and professional experience, small groups will develop a shared picture of what policy solutions would best support families and caregivers
12:00 - Adjourn
This session will include polling, small group discussion breakouts and other opportunities for all voices to engage. Please plan to share your video and unmute to fully participate.
December 2
In-person at the Shoreview Community Center
8:30 - Registration and Networking Opens
Coffee and a light breakfast sponsored by Friends & Co.
(formerly Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly)
9:00 - Welcoming and Reflection of December 1 Outcomes
JAMES FALVEY, Executive Director, Friends & Co. / Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging Chair, ADAM SUOMALA, Executive Director, Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging, PATTI CULLEN, CEO, Care Providers of Minnesota, Summit Committee Chair
9:40 - Minnesota's 2023 Legislative Session
A moderated panel discussion featuring policy and advocacy experts from the aging sector, including ERIN HUPPERT, Vice President of Advocacy, LeadingAge Minnesota, ROBERT FREEMAN, Vice President of Advocacy, Alzheimer's Association, SEAN BURKE, Senior Consultant, O'Connell Consulting LLC, and JERU GOBEZE, Advocacy Manager, Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota.
10:40 - Quick Break
11:00 - Emerging
AGEnda
Collaborations
- Workforce Wages and Benefits
- Senior Nutrition
- Vulnerable Adults Act
- Age-Friendly Council
- Closing the Digital Divide for Older Adults
11:25 - Elevating Other Potential Collaborations
We want to hear from you! We're curating a rapid sharing session to learn more about important policy solutions emerging with potential collaboration. From the recommendations on serious illness and end of life care to addressing homelessness, if you have an interest in gaining supporters from the aging sector for a policy solution, contact adam@mnlcoa.org to sign-up.
Confirmed Speakers: JESSICA HAUSAUER, Executive Director, Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Care, LORNA SCHMIDT, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, AMANDA VICKSTROM, Executive Director, Minnesota Elder Justice Center. Other interested parties can contact adam@mnlcoa.org.
12:00 - Adjourn
Learning Objectives
- Understand Minnesota’s new political landscape and key implications for aging policy issues in the 2023 Legislative Session.
- Review historic drivers for policy change against a community-developed framework of current challenges and opportunities.
- Hear from policy and advocacy experts about the emerging solutions and efforts to plan unprecedented policy collaboratives.
- Engage in dynamic, interdisciplinary discussions around immediate and long-term solutions to improve the experience of aging.
Featured Voices
Patti Cullen, President and CEO
Care Providers of Minnesota
Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging Summit Committee Chair
Jessica Hausauer, Executive Director
Minnesota Hospice and Palliative Care Network
Adam Suomala, Executive Director
Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging
Convener, Finish Strong Funders Network
Staff, Minnesota Diverse Elders Coalition
Reena Shetty, Director
Age-Friendly Minnesota Council
Sean Burke, Senior Consultant
O'Connell Consulting LLC
Vera Ndumbe, Interim Director of Equity, Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging
Staff, Minnesota Diverse Elders Coalition
Robert Freeman, Vice President of Public Policy, Alzheimer's Association
Erin Sutton, Senior Director of Advocacy
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
Sam Smith, State Affairs Manager
Alzheimer's Association
Erin Huppert, Vice President of Advocacy, LeadingAge Minnesota
Jeru Gobeze, Advocacy Manager
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
Dawn Simonson, President and CEO
Trellis
Lorna Schmidt, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Catholic Charities
of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Adrián Rafael Magaña, Director of Public Policy and Community Relations
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Patrick McFarland, Co-Chair, Public Policy Committee, Minnesota Board on Aging
Mary Jo George, Associate State Director - Advocacy, AARP Minnesota
Nicole Stockert, Director of Legislative and External Affairs, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Amanda Vickstrom, Executive Director, Minnesota Elder Justice Center
Sherrie Pugh, Chair
Age-Friendly Minnesota Council
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Friends
Additional Details
CEUs
General certificates of attendance for each day are linked below. This program has been approved for a total of 6 hours by the Minnesota Board of Executives for Long Term Services and Supports (approval MN23-0054) and 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. Participants could view live sessions to earn up to 6 CEUs.
Fees
$99 - December 1 session only
$99 - December 2 session only
$150 - Full Summit Registrations
Scholarships Available
Scholarships for all Leadership Council events are available by contacting adam@mnlcoa.org
Cancelations
All registration cancelations needed to be made via email to adam@mnlcoa.org and are subject to a $20 processing fee. No refunds for cancelations made after November 28, 2022 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 Requirements
- Vaccinations are recommended for people 6 months or older. Boosters are recommended for people age 5 years or older. Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to be vaccinated and boosted.
- Stay home if you are sick. If you have symptoms of COVID-19 or test positive, stay home and away from others (isolate). People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. Anyone can have mild to severe symptoms. Possible symptoms include: fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea.
- When the community level is high, everyone should wear a mask in indoor public settings. Currently the community level in Ramsey County where Shoreview Community Center is located is currently: MEDIUM.
- People who are immunocompromised or at higher risk of severe illness and those who are around them should consider wearing a mask even when the community level is medium or low.
- You can always choose to wear a mask when it makes you feel safer, regardless of your individual risk or the CDC COVID-19 community level.
CEUs
