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From YouTube: Age Strong Public Awareness Campaign
Description
The Age Strong Public Awareness Campaign is meant to spark dialogue on ageism, to dispel stereotypes, and promote more positive messaging about aging. The campaign features eight Bostonians who challenge the labels that society puts on them. They each feel a sense of pride and ownership of their age and life experience - they Age Strong!
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C
A
Emily
Shay
I'm,
the
Commissioner
for
the
city's
aged
Strom,
Commission
and
I
am
thrilled
to
have
you
all
here
today
for
a
chance
to
celebrate
our
campaign
and
our
fabulous
models
from
our
campaign
and
I
know
we
have.
We
have
lots
and
lots
of
people
here
with
us
to
celebrate.
We
have
a
lot
of
partners,
a
lot
of
city
folks,
a
lot
of
friends
and
family
of
the
models.
A
A
A
Relations
director
here
at
the
Commission
and
without
her,
this
campaign,
wouldn't
have
happened
because
she
actually
came
up
with
this
concept
and
flushed
it
out
a
lot
and
I
got
it
ready
to
go
and
present
to
us.
So
one
thank
you
for
that.
Cassie
and
I
know
we
have
Jason
grow
here
as
well,
our
photographer
so
on.
Thank
you.
A
A
So
we
include
very
much
appreciate
that
as
well
now
on
so
much
of
what
we
do
here
at
this
city
is
amplified
and
and
I
guess
plays
off
or
in
it
were
able
to
do
an
even
better
job
because
of
what
is
happening
at
the
state
level,
and
so
I
wanted
to
take
a
minute
to
on
to
bring
up
our
new
Secretary
of
Elder
affairs,
dr.
Elizabeth
Chen.
We
are
thrilled
to
have
dr.
Chen
here
with
us
today.
C
C
A
C
A
A
lot
of
style
and
it's
good-
hopefully
we
can
all
age
that
way.
It's
my
pleasure
to
to
bring
up
the
mayor
next,
nice
wanna
say
a
few
words
about
mayor
Walsh.
The
mayor
was
so
onboard
with
us
and
and
happy
with
us
when
we
came
to
him
with
an
age-friendly
cities
idea-
and
he
said
you
know
what
we
really
have
to
do.
A
This
and
part
of
that
work
is
tackling
structures
and
systems
and
policies,
and
the
way
we
think
about
things
and
ageism
is
a
big
piece
of
that
and
I
know
that
the
mayor
always
says
that
people
need
to
live
in
our
communities.
They
need
to
be
respected,
for
who
they
are
respected,
for
what
they've
accomplished,
and
so
this
is
a
big
piece
of
kind
of
this
campaign.
It's
about
changing
that
conversation,
it's
about
making
sure
that
we're
seeing
people
for
who
they
are
in
our
communities.
A
D
D
Constantly
in
bold
action
and
both
steps,
when
you
think
about
in
the
last
five
years,
we've
we've
tackled
and
addressed
so
many
different
issues
in
so
many
different
areas
and
formally
known
healthily
commission
when
I
can't
became
Emily
I
was
here
asking
me
to
stay
on
and
we
start
to
look
at
different
areas.
It
didn't
assessment
and-
and
we
thought
about
what
the
elderly
Commission
was,
and
we
thought
about
was
a
commission
we
have
older
Bostonians
led
to,
and
then
we
realized
that
Emily
did
the
assessment
of
other
team
and
realized
it's
more
than
that.
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It's
about
aging,
strong,
it's
about
aging,
strong
in
the
City
of
Austin
and
and
that
was
kind
of
the
first
bold
step
that
we
took
in
in
changing
and
rebranding
the
office
and
doing
more
and
this
campaign
that
we're
working
on
today.
It
really
is
important
for
us
it's
about
about
fighting
the
ageism.
As
people
say,
you
know
we're
all
getting
older
and
all
of
us
are.
D
Here
and
I
think
about
when
I
think
about
the
people
in
Boston,
I
think
about
a
lot
of
the
people
on
the
posters
around
here
on
behind
me
in
front
of
me
here
to
the
folks
here
today
you
don't
want
to
build
the
city,
the
other
ones
who
built
the
city,
other
ones
who
invested
in
the
city,
the
other
ones
who
blazed
the
trail
in
the
city,
and
you
continue
to
do
that.
Every
single
day
and
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
push
back
on
the
stereotypes.
C
D
It's
important
for
to
celebrate
that
all
day
long
and
it's
important
for
us
to
take
that
message
out
of
this
small
today
into
the
city
of
arts
and
let
people
know
because
it's
so
so
employed
as
an
elected
official
if
somebody's
been
in
office
20
years
and
even
when
I
talk
to
people.
The
older
part
story
ends
are
the
folks
of
the
woods
and
the
older
Bostonians
are
the
ones
the
people
that
have
gone
through
anything
that
anyone
else
in
this
room
has
gone
through
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment
and
look.
D
Thank
you
for
you've
done.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
highlight
you
and
I
want
to
thank
the
countless
numbers
of
other
folks
that
work
in
this
project
that
they
care
today
and
the
folks
that
are
wanting
to
be
watching
at
home
on
VNA
cable.
Thank
you
for
being
involved,
thank
being
thank
you
for
for
blazing
a
trail.
D
If
you
want
and
you
think
about
our
age,
Shawn
Commission,
will
you
think
about
all
the
things
we
look
down
in
the
city
and
we've
done
a
lot
of
great
things
in
the
city,
one
of
one
of
the
best
things
will
probably
Don.
The
city
is
actually
looking
a
strong
and
making
sure
other
programs
that
are
impacted
in
that
office
are
reflecting
our
community.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
joined
us
today.
D
I
want
to
make
sure
you
got
all
the
notes
that
I
was
supposed
to
say
I'm
supposed
to
talk
a
lot
of
our
older
adults,
active
passion
and
resilience
strong,
making
an
invoice
ensured.
They
sure
of
people
certainly
on,
but
the
one
thing
I
do
want
to
say
is
that
our
goal,
our
goal
in
Boston,
is
to
become
a
Liana
but
to
become
and
be
consistent
on
the
number
one
age
friendly
city
in
America,
that's
alcohol.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
The
other
way
to
bring
our
models
up.
We
actually
have
something
for
you,
but
before
we
do
that,
we
have
a
challenge
for
everybody
here
and
everybody
at
you
at
home
as
well.
We
want
you
to
join
the
conversation.
You
can
do
that
just
by
doing
hashtag
age
strong
or
do
we
have.
Sometimes
people
can
write
on
here,
Cassie.
Alright,
we
have
some
things
people
can
write
on
here
too.
We
want
to
know
how
your
aging
strong,
no
matter
what
your
age
we
are
all
aging.
So
please
join
the
conversation.
A
Let
us
know
how
you
are
aging
strong,
hashtag,
age,
strong.
We
know
that
people
are
strong
in
so
many
different
ways,
whether
it
is
strength
of
culture,
strength
of
heart,
strength
of
community,
and
we
want
you
to
share
with
us
what
you're
doing
to
make
to
make
a
difference
in
your
community
and
in
your
families.
So
now
it
is
time
to
bring
out
our
models.