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Death Cafe write up: July meeting of Colliers Wood Death Cafe - ONLINE via Zoom
Posted by Cecilia H on July 23, 2020, 10:01 a.m.
8 of us met for the fifth virtual meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Café via Zoom. Once again the meeting welcomed participants from ‘across the pond’, with attendees joining from CA, FL, and WI!
Themes to emerge from our conversation:
The powerful and meaningful sense of connection we have been able to create virtually during the pandemic. The poignant quality this has – and also to reflect on lost loved ones we are not able to connect with, and who we will never see on screen.
The sense of history we feel ourselves to be living through currently – and how likely defining this period of time will be ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hillsborough EST (via Zoom)
Posted by Neidra on July 12, 2020, 8:46 p.m.
Hello everyone,
Thank you to those who joined the conversations during the July 8th Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) – our fourth Zoom call. Using Zoom has changed our dynamic yet it also allows new people from faraway places to participate; thank you to the six new folx!
- For those who had one handy, we lit candles then sat in silence to honor and remember the lives and deaths of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People Of Color). “We will change this world.”
- As mentioned, be sure to email the NC chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance to receive their Dying to Know e-newsletter: hello@funeralsnc.org Website: https://www.funeralsnc ...
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Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Northeast Florida EST- VIRTUAL MEETING
Posted by Nfrazier4 on July 7, 2020, 7:46 p.m.
Death Cafe of Northeast Florida held its first meeting in 2018 and has continued to meet monthly to date. In April 2020 we moved to a Virtual Death Cafe format due to Covid-19. We typically meet the 1st Monday of each month from 6:30 -8 p.m. EST.
Our July 2020 meeting included thought-provoking conversation, compassion, some humor, personal sharing, and a few technical challenges. We had attendees from across the world, including Florida, South Carolina, and California, USA, as well as from Hungary, Australia and Canada. We had a member of the media in attendance, with all attendees being advised of their presence, and giving expressed ...
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe At Home BST
Posted by Josefine Speyer on July 7, 2020, 3:44 p.m.
Good morning Josefine,
I wanted to write to you to thank you for facilitating the Death Café last night. It was my first experience Being a novice I was initially nervous of contributing to the conversation, but I quickly overcame this fear because of the groups inclusivity and mutual respect. I came away inspired and with a real sense of connection with people I met for the first time. This experience has gifted me real insight into how we can facilitate conversations around death, safely, and the power in human connectivity.
Death Cafe write up: Ibiza Death Cafe
Posted by Ibiza Death Cafe on July 7, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Ibiza Death Cafe Returns!
Following 100 days of State of Alarm, were were pleased to be able to return with our monthly Ibiza Death Cafe events.
Thanks to Racó Verd for welcoming us and providing shelter from the super hot June weather!
I have started a link to get people talking about grief and support the bereaved.
Death Cafe write up: Monmouth County Virtual Death Cafe
Posted by Beth Almerini on July 5, 2020, 7:29 a.m.
After meeting for three years in person, this was our first Virtual Death Cafe and it was a great success (even with some technical glitches). There was conversation, kindness, caring, humor and vulnerability.
Resource: Forgetting May: On dementia, love and loss
Posted by helenbroadbridge@gmail.com on July 3, 2020, 12:32 p.m. 1 comment
If you or someone you know are supporting someone who is living with dementia and find yourselves wondering what lies up ahead on the road, Forgetting May was written for you. Search @forgettingmay on Instagram for free excerpts and more information.
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May is a tough, resourceful woman who was born ...
Death Cafe write up: Online Death Cafe Dunedin
Posted by welshsh on July 2, 2020, 2:43 a.m. 1 comment
This was our first ever virtual Death Cafe. One wasn’t planned. It was an extra one due to an increased need caused by the pandemic thrusting death and dying into our faces more than life usually does. Five of us attended and there would have been more if it were not because of my technological incompetence. The conversation waxed and waned from literary reviews and philosophical questions to people’s personal experiences. What was clear, was that by having a virtual Death Cafe people were able to attend who wouldn’t be unable to attend than an actual Death Cafe. I resolved at the end of it ...
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe Louisville EST
Posted by Justin Magnuson on June 26, 2020, 1:47 p.m.
With each new Death Cafe, I have recently expected to finally arrive at a saturation point. That nothing new will be discussed or I will be frankly bored. Last night was a small group of regulars, bringing this sense to the surface yet again.
Instead of feeling stale or boring, I felt like the group settle into a deeper and more vulnerable space that explored familiar terrain with a more penetrating gaze. This gives me hope that not only do Death Cafes serve a purpose, but the online format is not a hinderance. I hope more people continue to join our conversations and we change the narrative around ...
Death Cafe write up: U3A Joburg East Death Cafe
Posted by U3AJoburgEast on June 24, 2020, 6:24 a.m.
In 2019 we met once a month over tea and cake. Before lockdown we had twelve members with an average attendance of ten a month. Our last face to face meeting was in February 2020. We did not meet in March or April due to the COVID-19 lockdown. In May we agreed to continue our Death Café sessions using zoom and to meet virtually twice a month. Participants bring their own tea/coffee to the sessions. Regrettably only six of our members have the facilities to participate in virtual sessions.
Topics discussed over the period July 2019 to June 2020 include;
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How do I want to spend the ...
Death Cafe write up: June meeting of Colliers Wood Death Cafe - ONLINE via Zoom
Posted by Cecilia H on June 21, 2020, 1:08 p.m.
It was great to be joined by 7 others for the fourth virtual meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Café via Zoom. Once again there was a strong trans-Atlantic presence with participants joining from CA, CO, FL, and NJ!
Themes to emerge from our conversation:
The importance and value of discussing death and dying, and the role such conversations can have in the reduction of the all too common fear that unhelpfully presents itself around these human topics.
The powerful role of the global pandemic in prompting us to face our mortality. How much more possible, and even permissible it perhaps feels to talk about these unspoken and ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Hillsborough EST (via Zoom)
Posted by Neidra on June 18, 2020, 9:52 p.m.
Hello everyone,
I hope you are staying well, physically and mentally. Thank you to those who joined the conversations during the June 10th Death Café – Hillsborough (DC-H) – our third Zoom call! We packed it with information and learned new things! Using Zoom has changed our dynamic yet it also allowed some new people from far away places to join us!
There has been a marked increase in “Virtual Death Cafés” worldwide! This is not only due to the fact we can’t meet in person but also because more people are seriously contemplating their mortality and thus are more willing to discuss death and dying. Information ...
Death Cafe write up: East Rockville Online Death Cafe EST
Posted by AmesSandra on June 18, 2020, 6:36 p.m.
The East Rockville Death Café has been meeting since October 2019. When we were meeting in a local café we always had a mix of neighbors and other people who were interested and dropped by. Meetings moved to Zoom in May and we continue to have an interesting group of people, one of whom was attending virtually from Canada.
In the June meeting the subject of palliative care vs “lingering” came up. Roughly the former is an acceptance of chronic disease from the outset with a view towards quality of life, the latter an attempt to try any means of prolonging life. Participants discussed the time before the ...