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Press: Lawrence Death Cafe provides safe environment for discussing all things mortal
Posted by CW on July 4, 2014, 10:17 a.m.
Our local newspaper the Lawrence Journal World article June 3, 2014 by Giles Bruce is terrific! We appreciate his attendance our May, Lawrence Death Cafe and the photographs from Richard Gwen. Our next Lawrence Death Cafe will be at Signs of Life Book Store on July 12th then we move ...
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Thanks so much to the lovely journo Danielle Kutcher and all the fabulous people who attended this death cafe it was another exciting and knowledge filled event.
See more at: The Citizen
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Winnipeg, Canada
Posted by Death Cafe Winnipeg on July 2, 2014, 10:35 a.m.
Finally, a warm and sunny summer evening in Winnipeg ! About 35 people attended our 3rd Cafe on June 17th. We had several new faces in the group which was great.
Participants shared stories and thoughts about a wide range of topics. There were a lot of questions about Living Wills and we will provide some information at our next event in July.
The Temple Shalom provided us a great space, fresh fruit and some amazing toffee cookies!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe at Gertrude Contemporary
Posted by Annie Whitlocke on July 1, 2014, 3:31 a.m.
The Citizen
Friday 27 June 2014
On death and dying and the Death Cafe
Words and pictures by Danielle Kutchel
People are talking about death over a cuppa. But it’s not all doom and gloom, writes Danielle Kutchel.
On a sunny afternoon in Fitzroy, up three steep and rickety flights of stairs, an unlikely group of people meet in a whitewashed studio room overlooking busy Gertrude Street.
There are people from all walks of life here; Buddhists, mixing with atheists and sceptics, sharing cakes and cups of tea. Though disparate in background and outlook, they are united by a reality that confronts ultimately all creatures — death. And ...
New Blog post: "The Rat Queen, the Sun Fearing Woman."
Posted by egypt on June 29, 2014, 9:32 p.m.
Goodbye my soul sister, soul mate, best friend, and my "gutter girl". The depths of my sadness could never be explained. You being gone deeply hurts so much...but baby I am only holding on because you are somewhere beautiful, and fuck, you are so happy now. I feel your happiness consuming me as I sit here and miss your beautiful face.
I loved her so damn much. This happened to be read to her ...
New Blog post: Death talk...or not...
Posted by Leo Simmons on June 28, 2014, 6:30 p.m. 4 comments
First of all: my apologies if this post is poorly formatted; for reasons outside of my computer abilities or understanding, the darned thing is not playing ball.
As someone who has eschewed the religious doctrine of my youth and who now lives a secular life, it’s often very interesting (and, I confess, occasionally amusing) to observe the different attitudes to the subject of death which abound among people of faith. Death, after all, is ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe of Ocala
Posted by Teddy on June 27, 2014, 6:49 p.m.
Our small, but consistent Death Cafe group had another very informative meeting. As we are not really getting that many new members and we pretty much know each other's story, we decided that for our June Meeting we will each watch the movie "Wit" with Emma Thompson before the meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IyEsnzH1uE
Press: On Death and Dying and the Death Cafe
Posted by Annie Whitlocke, Leanne Skipsey, Cherie Scott on June 27, 2014, 5:54 a.m.
Danielle Kutcher came to experience her first Death Cafe and met some incredible people who left a great impression on her. Thanks to Gertrude SContemporary Gallery and to artist Amina McConvell from Darwin Australia for contacting me and wanting to run this death cafe.
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Death Cafe write up: Highcliffe Death Cafe
Posted by lis.horwich on June 26, 2014, 9:02 a.m.
A very unique selection of women were talking about death and dying; we were a soul midwife, a counsellor, a Macmillan carer, one had been touched by death in her family many times (and near death), another has always worked in a caring role among dying people etc. We shared many outlooks on death and all wish the way death is being dealth with in this country in hospitals would be changed very soon - we are looking for the individual to be listened to, the soul to emerge and shine!
Death Cafe write up: Montpelier Death Cafe
Posted by ellenfein on June 24, 2014, 4:27 p.m.
Our death café is a living mirror of the conversation. When we met yesterday for our sixth monthly meeting, the group had familiar faces and new ones. As we introduced ourselves and the conversation started there were themes that have come up before and new ideas.
Last night fear seemed to speak to everyone in the room, or rather why fear? Isn’t fear, after all, a choice? Who decided that death had to be negative and scary? Is it possible to not only accept death, but view it as a reward, a possibility?
These opening questions led to an inspired conversation about how fear of death limits ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe at Cafe Rouge, Hampstead, London, UK
Posted by Josefine Speyer on June 24, 2014, 12:24 a.m. 1 comment
Our 13th Death Café was held on 9 June 2014 at Café Rouge in Hampstead, We had a full house! Sharon, Philomena, Heidi, Bernie and Caroline facilitated tables with me. It was a good evening. We had two journalists attending, Conxa writes for El Mundo and Anna wrote an article for Vice magazine online. There is a link to Anna’s article at the end of this write up. Conxa’s article is not published yet. The format for the evening was as before in two parts: To begin with conversations around small tables, each with a facilitator who also takes part as a participant. And after a ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe at Cafe Rouge in Hampstead, London
Posted by Josefine Speyer on June 23, 2014, 11:41 p.m.
The first Death Cafe we held at this venue was over a year ago in April 2013. On 12 May 2014 we celebrated our first year of Death Café at Café Rouge during 'Dying Matters Awareness Week'. (No Death Cafe in April this year.) Four journalists attended this Death Cafe, bringing with them two photographers. Almost everyone was willing to be photographed. The event was a lively occasion. Every seat was taken. Over the year we have built quite a community of people attending regularly, several of them willing to facilitate one of the tables.
Sadly one regular attendee who was much cherished had died. She had ...
Death Cafe write up: Filmed Death Cafe at Cafe Rouge, Hampstead, London, UK
Posted by Josefine Speyer on June 23, 2014, 11:40 p.m.
We hold monthly Death Cafes at Cafe Rouge in Hampstead. April would have been our first anniversary there, but there was no Death Cafe in April this year. So our we celebrated the anniversary in May. The date fell on Monday 12 May and was part of Dying Matters Awareness Week 2014. So we advertised it as part of that and held it during the afternoon. That Death ACfe got fully booked. This, second Death Cafe of the day, our 13th Death Cafe, was held in the evening of 12 May 2014 and specially put on so it could be filmed for a South Korean TV documentary ‘Dying ...
Practitioners question: University Death Cafe
Posted by Jamie29 on June 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m. 5 comments
Wondering if anyone has involved students in a Death Cafe. I was thinking of making this a part of my Death and Dying elective course in our University. Any thoughts?
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe of Metro Denver
Posted by Decorina on June 23, 2014, 11:05 a.m.
It was a pleasure to attend this meeting. Interesting viewpoints from everyone present.
I spoke of an obituary in the NYT for a woman who ended her life as she neared the end of Alzeimer's and saw a link here on the Death Cafe site. Here is a story from NPR about her: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/06/23/323330486/how-a-womans-plan-to-kill-herself-helped-her-family-grieve
Thank you Nancy for hosting and I hope to see the group next month. It is so important for us to talk about death and "mainstream" it so that some of the taboos and fears that surround it can start to lessen for ...