Latest Death Cafe News
Death Cafe write up: Liskeard Death Cafe
Posted by greenrites on May 22, 2015, 12:13 p.m.
A moving, humorous sharing Death Cafe, took place today in the Hub Vegetarian Cafe, Liskerrett Centre, Liskeard, Cornwall.
We shared tea, cake and experiences with matters surrounding death and dying... today we were led to discuss the sensitive subject of donation of organs, and how hard that feels to decide on the right thing to do, when logic dictates one thing and your emotions say the opposite... we were privileged to hear how one of our members has made provision to odonate the whole of his body, for research, after his death. We heard harrowing tales of choices having to be made, in impossible situations, and the whole ...
Death Cafe write up: Providence Death Cafe
Posted by Cassandra Tribe on May 20, 2015, 9:21 p.m.
A good turnout on our new night, the third Wednesday of each month. Tonight we had our usual cake and fruit, but also were graced with homemade hummus and chips. The conversation ranged far and wide from problems a local Druid has with finding a natural burial ground, to the functional apparatus and methods of determining the point of death. We talked about the patterns that happen with death and how it can effect grief and belief. Small tokens changed hands to add to a certain someone's collection and again - we were paid a very high compliment of being a death cafe in which there was a ...
Death Cafe write up: Highcliffe Death Cafe
Posted by Lis Horwich on May 20, 2015, 11:02 a.m.
It is wonderful how much fun and laughs five people, who have never met before, can have talking about death and dying!
Topics discussed were:
Preparing a “Living Will” for no resuscitation can be done by a double appointment at your GP. It will be legally binding for GP’s, hospitals and paramedic care, as all heath institutions have access to same information about you.
MacMillan Units have different protocols to GP’s (pre Shipman), which is far more caring for the dying person.
Felt having a “Dignitas” in the UK would be wonderful, let’s hope organisations like ourselves and “Dignity in Dying” will be able to ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Taiwan #21
Posted by CelinJheng on May 20, 2015, 3:13 a.m.
this is a spicial death cafe
we talk about our pets about their
sick,life,and death.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Low Country
Posted by Jan Schreiber on May 19, 2015, 8:24 p.m.
A beautiful Saturday in the Low Country and yet, we still had 9 attendees! 7 women and 2 men ranging in ages: 20's - 70's. A few participants were active in Hospice and others had recently experienced personal loss. There was quite a bit of participation, with the evaluations reflecting complimentary enthusiasm.
Death Cafe write up: Providence Death Cafe
Posted by Cassandra Tribe on May 18, 2015, 5:42 p.m.
It was the teensy-weensy Death Cafe today. It was our last day time cafe of the year (we hope to return in the fall and the night one continues on through summer). For some reason known only to the universe, all the adult size chairs were missing from the room. So we sat in the eeensy chairs and had teensy-weensy mini cupcakes with little cups of tea and talked about a kind of death and grief that doesn't get much attention even in a death cafe. The passing of innocence and trust is its grief weight that many know and are often shamed for in life ...
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Death Cafe
Posted by tucsondeathcafe on May 15, 2015, 4:28 p.m.
We gathered for the winter Tucson death cafe on Thursday afternoon, Feb 26, at the Benedictine Monastery on Country Club Rd. http://www.tucsonmonastery.com
It's spacious community space generously accommodated the 36 or so participants. Death cafe facilitators, Kristine and Cindy, also generously welcomed everyone with a large array of snacks, featuring a lot of chocolate. Good stuff for talking about death! After the munching started, we gathered in a circle to review ground rules and make brief introductions, during which anyone with a particular interest for discussion had the opportunity to put it out there to the group. Then we disbanded, to gather and talk ...
Death Cafe write up: Highcliffe Death Cafe
Posted by Lis Horwich on May 11, 2015, 4:23 p.m.
Highcliffe Death Café had an interesting evening. We could welcome 3 new members, one who came from The Purbecks and 2 from the New Forest. As many of us had rather different views on what might happen after death, we all had to agree there is so much more to learn; experience and understand as no one has the right to claim they know the answer. We welcomed the idea of doing research by reading books, looking online and on Youtube etc. One member is writing a Masters on Death and Dying, so she had many questions to ask. It is wonderful to know many Universities are offering ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Warkworth
Posted by Death Cafe Warkworth on May 9, 2015, 10:40 p.m.
This was the first Death Cafe to be held north of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, in the rural community of Warkworth. Eight people met in the gallery space at Charlies Gelato Garden, around a coffee table sat on lovely comfy couches. I was incredibly blessed to have a delicious carrot cake donated by The Handy Food company, who are great supporters of hospice initiatives. And of course there was coffee and locally made icecream. So all this provided the perfect setting for a relaxed and reasonably intimate conversation about death. We agreed for confidentiality of the group that we could share stories with our friends and families later ...
Death Cafe write up: Las Cruces Symposium Death Cafe
Posted by Gail Rubin, CT on May 6, 2015, 7:03 p.m. 1 comment
On Friday, May 1, 436 people registered to attend “A Beautiful Death… What Will You Choose?” The Dean’s Health Symposium was held by New Mexico State University’s College of Health and Social Services.
At lunch, Gail Rubin, CT, facilitated the largest Death Cafe held in the world to date. At least 400 people participated.
Dr. Donna Wagner, the interim Dean of NMSU’s College of Health and Social Services, was very pleased with the turn-out and responses to the speakers and the topic of the day – directly confronting the fear and stigma surrounding end-of-life discussions for young and old.
Some of the comments from the evaluation ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Fairfax, California
Posted by johnbyrnebarry on May 6, 2015, 1:29 p.m. 1 comment
Saturday, I talked with a group of strangers about death — it was the most intimate and meaningful conversation of my week.
This was my first Death Cafe, and the first one for most of the 50 to 60 people gathered at the Sukhasiddhi Foundation, a Buddhist meditation center in Fairfax, California.
In small groups, mostly four people sitting around café tables with coffee and pastries, we discussed hypothetical questions —
- If you knew you had twelve months to live, what would you do?
- If someone you were close to died and you could somehow speak to on from the other side, what would you ask them?
- How would you ...
New Blog post: Death and the LGBT Community: When Culture is Not Defined by Country
Posted by Cheryl Espinosa Jones on May 5, 2015, 9:24 p.m.
Death and the LGBT Community: When Culture is Not Defined by Country
By Cheryl Espinosa-Jones, M.S., M.F.T
www.weatheringgrief.com
Introduction
Although the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community has experienced a sea change in societal attitudes since the Stonewall riots in 1969 (considered the start of the modern LGBT Gay Rights Movement) there still exists a substantial level of discrimination and intolerance towards members of this community. Often, LGBT people ...
Video: Death and the LGBT community part 1
Posted by Cheryl Espinosa Jones on May 5, 2015, 9:23 p.m.