About this Death Cafe
What brings you to the Death Cafè?
My journey to the Death Cafè is rooted in storytelling, sacred witnessing, and a lifelong devotion to care work. As a full spectrum doula and death worker, I’ve been called to hold space at life’s thresholds—guiding families through birth, loss, terminal diagnoses, and the sacred transitions at the end of life.
I believe storytelling is one of our most powerful tools for healing. At the Death Cafè, I come to listen and to share—to honor the lives and legacies of those who’ve come before us, and to make space for the truths we carry about grief, death, and dying. I come to remember, to decolonize our relationship with death, and to center the voices of Black, BIPOC, BIPOC LGBTQIA2S+, and other marginalized communities whose stories are so often erased in end-of-life spaces.
These gatherings are where we return to each other—where we speak death back into the circle of life, not with fear, but with reverence, curiosity, and care.
“We are witnessed, even at the end of our lives. You are seen. You are heard. Your life matters. Your death will too.”
— Alua Arthur, Briefly Perfectly Human
These words from my mentor, Alua Arthur, encapsulate the essence of my calling. They remind me that every life and every death holds profound significance.
In my practice, I strive to create spaces where stories are shared, grief is honored, and every individual's journey is acknowledged. I believe that through storytelling and communal remembrance, we can decolonize our relationship with death and embrace it as a sacred part of life.
As Alua teaches, by confronting our mortality, we can live more authentically and fully. It's a lesson I carry into every Death Cafè gathering, inviting others to explore the depths of their humanity with compassion and courage.
Avery Bright is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Zoom Virtual Death Cafe with Avery Bright
Time: May 18, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)/ 4 Pm (ET)
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About Avery Bright
About Avery Bright
Avery Bright (she/her) is a full spectrum doula, death justice advocate, and the visionary behind Bright Young Life Management. Rooted in womanist values, ancestral reverence, and community care, Avery supports individuals and families through life’s most sacred thresholds—from birth to death and the many rites of passage in between.
Her work centers Black and Indigenous people, people of color, LGBTQIA2S+ folks, and others whose lives are too often excluded from conversations around care, grief, and legacy. As a mother of four, a seasoned caregiver, and a death doula shaped by both lived experience and spiritual practice, Avery creates intentional spaces where grief is honored, stories are shared, and death is held with dignity and compassion.
Avery lives and works in Inglewood, California, on the traditional and unceded lands of the Tongva (Gabrielino), Kizh, and Chumash peoples—Indigenous communities who have stewarded these lands since time immemorial. She honors their enduring presence, resistance, and cultural legacy, and uplifts the memory of those whose land, lives, and freedoms were taken through colonization.
Her monthly Death Cafè gatherings—currently held virtually—offer a gentle and grounding space to talk about death, dying, and what it means to truly live. Each gathering invites us to decolonize our relationship with mortality and return to communal rituals of remembrance, healing, and connection.
Together, we sip tea, speak truth, and hold space for the sacred cycle of life and death—centering the voices, needs, and traditions of the most marginalized.
