Join Alaska Commission on Aging Thursday, Sept. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (lunch break noon-12:30 p.m.) on Zoom for our quarterly board meeting. We will recognize several national awareness days with special presentations featuring Alaskan voices. You can look forward to educational discussions and updates from local organizations including the Alaska Training Cooperative, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, ACLU Alaska Prison Project, the new State Falls Prevention Coalition, Alaska Long Term Care Ombudsman Office, Senior and Disabilities Services and more. Join us at 11:40 a.m. for a presentation by Jim LaBelle, Sr., 2nd vice president of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition in honor of the National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools (Sept. 30). Celebrate National Employ Older Adults Week with a presentation from the Mature Alaskans Seeking Skills Program (MASST).
The commission encourage agencies, senior centers, and organizations to publicly show the board meeting in their facilities throughout the day.
Use this Zoom link to join the board meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86170026613
The complete Sept. 25 board meeting agenda is available via the commission’s weekly e-blast, which you can access on at https://aging.alaska.gov. In addition, you can search “aging” on the Alaska Online Public Notice website to download the agenda: https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/
If you have any trouble using Zoom or have questions, call us at 907-230-0871 or email the commission at doh.acoa.info@alaska.gov.
You are welcome to join and leave throughout the day at your preference. There is no meeting password. All are welcome.
Public Comment is at 1 p.m.
The ACoA’s Centenarians Day Celebration Video will be live on its Facebook page Sept. 22. Thank you to everyone who participated.
