DeAnna Mireau reached into a container and fished out a scrap of paper.

“The next one is — do we have a drumroll?” she called out to a room crowded with some two dozen older adults and a half-dozen journalists. “Justice! Justice for all.”

Nobody stirred, so Mireau reached for another scrap. Next was “worker empowerment.” Then “malarkey.” Finally, when she called out “folks,” there was a winner.