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Colorado Senior Lobby Presents

Senior Day at The Capitol Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Morning Program 9:00 AM: Welcome – CJ Smith – CEC, Motivational Speaking & Personal Development Pledge of Allegiance – Bill Hanna, Roger Doherty, Eileen Doherty – CSL Founders 9:10 AM: Colorado Senior Lobby President— Ed Shackelford Recognition of Volunteers Celebrating 35th Anniversary Current priority senior legislation

CSL Senior Awards -Bill Hanna -Roger Doherty 9:25 AM: Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging (SAPGA) Jim Riesberg, Chairman Colorado Commission on Aging Ruth Long , Chairwoman

Colorado Center on Law & Policy (Affordable Housing Legislation) Claire Levy, Executive Director Building a Better Colorado (Ballot Initiative) Reeves Brown , Coordinator

10:00 AM: Break 10:15 AM: AARP Colorado (Work and Save Legislation & 911 Deregulation) Kelli Fritts, Associate State Director-Advocacy SNI-Colorado State Office

10:25 AM: Governor’s Proclamation-CJ Smith

10:30 AM: Governor, John Hickenlooper 10:45 AM: Meet the Legislators 11:00 AM: Attorney General, Cynthia Coffman 11:30 AM: Adjourn for lunch – participants adjourn to the Scottish Rite Masonic Center (SRMC) at

1370 Grant Street – diagonally across the street, Southeast of The Capital. Enter at Grant St. entrance.

35 Years of

Advocating for

YOU!! 1981-2016


Afternoon Program

12:00 PM: Lunch, seating, and networking 12:05 PM Welcome-CJ Smith (12:05PM-12:30pm Legislators to Speak) 12:35 PM Colorado Senior Lobby President-Ed Shackelford

-Thank you to sponsors and planning committee members -Introduction of Board Members and distinguished guests 12:40 PM History of Senior Lobby Presentation -Ed Shackelford 1:00 PM Panel Presentation *Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging -Jim Riesberg *Colorado Gerontological Society -Eileen Doherty

*AARP -Kelli Fritts *Colorado Commission on Aging-Ruth Long *DRCOG-Jayla Sanchez-Warren

1:45 PM Questions 1:55 PM Call to action-CJ Smith 2:00 PM Closing and Give Away (must be present to win)


Senior Day at The Capitol

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

35 Years of

Advocating for

YOU!! 1981-2016

Master of Ceremonies for the Day- Carol J (CJay) Smith, CEC, Motivational Speaking & Personal Development - DiFfErEnT by DeSiGn, Inc Witty, Charming, Intellectual, Energetic, Caring … just a few words one could use to describe the many facets of CJay Smith. As Speaker Extraordinaire, CJay uses visualization and humor to deliver refresh-ing real life every day situational conversations designed to inspire, uplift, and educate. Conversations designed for young adults through the senior years. Website: www.cjaysmith.com

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2016 Senior Day at The Capitol PLATINUM Sponsors

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2016 Senior Day at The Capitol GOLD Sponsors

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2016 Senior Day at The Capitol BRONZE Sponsors

CDHS - Employment and Benefits Division ........ Colorado.gov 303-866-2663

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Douglas County Senior Services Foundation ..... DouglasCountySeniorFoundation.com 720-234-7327

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Colorado Senior Lobby Executive Committee Officers Board Members

Chairman – Bob Epstein – 303-470-0438 President – Ed Shackelford – 720-353-3775

Treasurer – Karen Brown – 303-807-4586 Secretary – Karin Hall – 303-794-0799

Immediate Past President – Michael Drake – 303-862-8555

CSL Board of Directors

Ky Agnew – 720-951-7012 Seth Greiner – 720-369-1665

Jeanette Hensley – 303-249-5598 Harvey McWhorter – 720-275-5746

Anne Meier – 303-722-0300 John Stoffel – 303-757-6302

Board of Director & CSL Chairman of Legislative Committee

Rich Mauro – 303-480-6778




Thank you to all of this year’s Senior Day at the Capitol sponsors, the volunteer planning committee,

and attendees.



Senior Day at The Capitol Wednesday, March 30, 2016





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The Creation of the Colorado Senior Lobby-Bill Hanna

The origins of the Colorado Senior Lobby began in the late summer and fall of 1979. At the time, there were two major models in the country for legislative advocacy by and for seniors: Silver Haired Legislatures, and the Senior Lobby. A number of states had established Silver Haired Legislatures, and there was interest in Colorado among several senior leaders to create such a program in Colorado. Under the Silver Haired Legislature model, seniors around the state elected other seniors to be “mock” state senators and representatives who met for sev-eral days in a legislative session in the state capitol at a time when the official state legislature was not meeting. The senior legislators elected leaders, were assigned to committees, drafted and voted on “bills” of interest to seniors, and presented those bills to real elected officials to consider during the real legislative session. The Senior Lobby model had been developed in the states of Washington and Idaho under the leadership of a former lobbyist for public employees, Norm Schut. Under this model, seniors met around the state during the off-session, studied issues, were trained in legislative advocacy (lobbying), developed issue pa-pers and legislative proposals, and prioritized the issues they agreed to pursue during the next state legislative session. Several senior leaders in Colorado were more interested in the Senior Lobby model, especially because it was “real lobbying” in the “real legislature,” rather than a “mock” legislative session without a mechanism for follow-through during the regular legisla-tive session. Bob Robinson, who was the leading force behind the founding of the Colorado Senior Lobby, had been hired in the late ‘70’s as the “Legislative Liaison” for a statewide senior advocacy organiza-tion (the Colorado Congress of Senior Organizations – CCSO - no longer in existence). In that role, Bob produced a bi-weekly legislative report, and created the first “scorecard” – originally called “Robinson’s Senior Scorecard.” Bob was known and respected throughout the state, as he had been the first director of the State Division of Services for the Aging and the Colorado Com-mission on Aging. Because of issues with his heart, Bob had to resign from that state position in the mid-‘70’s. But his energy and commitment were still strong, and Bob was eager to continue serving seniors through the Legislative Liaison role. With support from CCSO, in the summer of 1979 Bob travelled to the state of Washington to meet with Norm Schut to learn as much as he could on how to create and operate a Senior Lobby. For the rest of the story, please see the website.

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