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University Heights issues proclamations for Older Americans Month and National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Summary
Mayor Louise Fromm read and the council adopted proclamations declaring May 2025 as Older Americans Month and the first Friday in June (June 6) as National Gun Violence Awareness Day for University Heights.
Mayor Louise Fromm read two proclamations at the May 13 University Heights council meeting: a proclamation declaring May 2025 as Older Americans Month and a proclamation declaring Friday, June 6, 2025, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in University Heights. Both proclamations were approved by the council.
The Older Americans Month proclamation urges residents to support older adults and directs readers to a county "livable communities" survey for people ages 45 and older; John (representing Johnson County Livable Communities for Successful Aging Policy Board) accepted the proclamation and asked residents to complete the survey at livablecommunity.org.
The National Gun Violence Awareness Day proclamation declares the first Friday in June to honor victims and survivors of gun violence, cites national and state statistics included in the proclamation text and encourages residents to wear orange on June 6 to raise awareness. Mary Anne Panther, a University Heights resident, accepted that proclamation and spoke briefly about local and national efforts to address gun violence.
Both proclamations were adopted by voice/roll-call vote. The council took the proclamations as symbolic acts; they do not impose legal obligations or allocate funding.
